[intro] G#m C#m F# B G# C# F# E B E A G# C#m F# x4 [verse] C#m F# B E I heard she sang a good song, I heard she had a style. C#m F# G#m And so I came to see her and listen for a while. C#m F# B Eb7 And there she was this young girl, a stranger to my eyes. [chorus] G#m C#m Strumming my pain with her fingers, F# B singing my life with her words, G#m C# killing me softly with her song, F# E killing me softly with her song, B E telling my whole life with her words, A G# killing me softly with her song [verse] C#m F# B E I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd, C#m F# G#m I felt she found my letters and read each one out loud. C#m F# B Eb7 I prayed that she would finish but she just kept right on. [chorus] G#m C#m Strumming my pain with her fingers, F# B singing my life with her words, G#m C# killing me softly with her song, F# E killing me softly with her song, B E telling my whole life with her words, A G# killing me softly with her song [verse] C#m F# B E She sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair C#m F# G#m and then she looked right through me as if I wasn't there. C#m F# B Eb7 But she was there the strangers, singing clear and strong. [chorus] G#m C#m Strumming my pain with her fingers, F# B singing my life with her words, G#m C# killing me softly with her song, F# E killing me softly with her song, B E telling my whole life with her words, A G# killing me softly with her song [solo] G#m C#m F# B G#m C# F# E B E A G# killing me softly with her song