Killing Me Softly Uke tab by The Fugees

10 Chords used in the song: Em, Am, D, G, A, C, F, E, D7, B7

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Year:  2013
Difficulty: 
3.7
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
Em chordEm                        Am chordAm
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
D chordD 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,
F chordF E chordE
Killing me softly -- with his song.

Verse 1
Am chordAm D chordD
I heard he sang a good song,
G chordG C chordC
I heard he had a style,
Am chordAm D chordD Em chordEm
And so I went to see him and listen for awhile.
Am chordAm D7 chordD7
And there he was this young boy
G chordG B7 chordB7
A chordA stranger to my eyes.

*Chorus*
Em chordEm Am chordAm
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
D chordD 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,
F chordF E chordE
Killing me softly -- with his song.


Verse 2
Am chordAm D chordD
I felt all flushed with fever,
G chordG C chordC
Embarassed by the crowd.
A chordA D chordD
I felt he found my letters,
Em chordEm
And read each one out loud.
Am chordAm 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,
D chordD 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,
F chordF E chordE
Killing me softly -- with his song.

Verse 3
Am chordAm D chordD
He sang as if he knew me,
G chordG C chordC
In all my dark despair.
Am chordAm D chordD
And then he looked right through me,
Em chordEm
As if I wasn't there.
Am chordAm D7 chordD7
He just kept right on,
G chordG B7 chordB7
Singin' clear and strong.

*Chorus* repeat

Em chordEm Am chordAm
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
D chordD 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,
F chordF E chordE
Killing me softly -- with his song.

Em chordEm Am chordAm D chordD G chordG
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh
Em chordEm A chordA
La la la la la la,
D chordD C chordC G chordG C chordC F chordF E chordE
Woh la, woh la, la la la la.

*Chorus*
Em chordEm Am chordAm
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
D chordD 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,
F chordF E chordE
Killing me softly -- with his song.

Uke tab by , 17 Feb 2010

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nice song awesome basement
23 Oct 2020
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23 Aug 2020
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flag for AU(ISO2) (Eaton)
I love the key this song is in as it means I can actually sing it.
04 Jun 2019
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choobs avatar
The A chords should all read Am chords.
18 Feb 2010
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