Killing Me Softly With His Song Uke tab by Roberta Flack

11 Chords used in the song: Em, Am, D7, G, A, D, C, Esus4, E, Am7, B7

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Year:  1973
Difficulty: 
4.05
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
Guitar capo first fret
[Chorus]

Em chordEm Am chordAm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7 chordD7 G chordG
singing my life with his words
Em chordEm A chordA
killing me softly with his song
D chordD C chordC
killing me softly with his song
G chordG C chordC
telling my whole life with his words.
Esus4 chordEsus4
Killing me softly
E chordE
with his song.


[Verse]

Am7 chordAm7 D chordD
I heard he sang a good song
G chordG C chordC
I heard he had a style
Am7 chordAm7 D chordD
and so I came to see him
Em chordEm
to listen for a while.
Am7 chordAm7 D7 chordD7
And there he was this young boy
G chordG B7 chordB7
a stranger to my eyes.



[Chorus]

Em chordEm Am chordAm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7 chordD7 G chordG
singing my life with his words
Em chordEm A chordA
killing me softly with his song
D chordD C chordC
killing me softly with his song
G chordG C chordC
telling my whole life with his words.
Esus4 chordEsus4
Killing me softly
E chordE
with his song.


[Verse]

Am7 chordAm7 D chordD
I felt all flushed with fever
G chordG C chordC
embarrassed by the crowd.
Am7 chordAm7 D chordD
I felt he found my letters
Em chordEm
and read each one out loud.
Am7 chordAm7 D7 chordD7
I prayed that he would finish
G chordG B7 chordB7
but he just kept right on.



[Chorus]

Em chordEm Am chordAm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7 chordD7 G chordG
singing my life with his words
Em chordEm A chordA
killing me softly with his song
D chordD C chordC
killing me softly with his song
G chordG C chordC
telling my whole life with his words.
Esus4 chordEsus4
Killing me softly
E chordE
with his song.


[Verse]

Am7 chordAm7 D chordD
He sang as if he knew me
G chordG C chordC
in all my dark despair.
Am7 chordAm7 D chordD
And then he looked right through me
Em chordEm
as if I wasn't there.
Am7 chordAm7 D7 chordD7
And he just kept on singing
G chordG B7 chordB7
singing clear and strong.



[Chorus]

Em chordEm Am chordAm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7 chordD7 G chordG
singing my life with his words
Em chordEm A chordA
killing me softly with his song
D chordD C chordC
killing me softly with his song
G chordG C chordC
telling my whole life with his words.
Esus4 chordEsus4
Killing me softly
E chordE
with his song.


Em chordEm Am chordAm
Ooooh oooh,
D7 chordD7 G chordG
Ooooh, ooooh
Em chordEm A chordA
La la la, la la la
D chordD C chordC
Ooooh oooh
G chordG C chordC Esus4 chordEsus4
Laaaaah...
E chordE
Laaaaaaah


Em chordEm Am chordAm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7 chordD7 G chordG
singing my life with his words
Em chordEm A chordA
killing me softly with his song
D chordD C chordC
killing me softly with his song
G chordG C chordC
telling my whole life with his words.
Esus4 chordEsus4
Killing me softly

E chordE


[Ending]

Em chordEm Am chordAm
He was strumming my pain
D7 chordD7 G chordG
Yeah, he was singing my life
Em chordEm A chordA
killing me softly with his song
D chordD C chordC
killing me softly with his song
G chordG C chordC
telling my whole life with his words.
Esus4 chordEsus4
Killing me softly
E chordE
with his song.

Uke tab by , 18 Jul 2019

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true story actually
20 Jul 2019
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gayyyyyyyyyyy avatar
I just have the biggest killing stalking vibes from this (probably like one person will know what the heck I am taking about but its worth it)
19 Jul 2019
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About this song: Killing Me Softly With His Song

Lori Lieberman was the first to record "Killing Me Softly with His Song" in 1971.It became a bigger hit when covered by Roberta Flack in 1973. Her version won three Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Female Performer and it was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks. It was replaced by "Love Train" by The O'Jays, then returned to the top of the U.S. charts for another week. In 1999 Flack's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Read more on Last.fm.

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