Written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel.
Intro: G#m C#m F# B G# C# F# E B E A G# (C#m F# - Four times) 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 G#m C#m F# B Strumming my pain with her fingers, singing my life with her words G#m C# F# E Killing me softly with her song, killing me softly with her song B E A G# Telling my whole life with her words, killing me softly with her song Refrain C#m F# B E I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd C#m F# G#m I felts He found my letter sand readeach one out loud C#m F# B Eb7 I prayed thats He would finish but she just kep tright on G#m C#m F# B Strumming my pain with her fingers, singing my life with her words G#m C# F# E Killing me softly with her song, killing me softly with her song Refrain 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 G#m C#m F# B Strumming my pain with her fingers, singing my life with her words G#m C# F# E Killing me softly with her song, killing me softly with her song Refrain C#m F# B E I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd C#m F# G#m I felts He found my letter sand readeach one out loud C#m F# B Eb7 G#m C#m F# B G#m C# F# E B E I prayed thats He would finish but she just kep tright on A G# killing me softly with her song
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