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capo 1 — sounds a semitone higherChorus
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
with his song
Oooo -ooo oooo -ooo oooo -ooo
Verse 1
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him
to listen for a while
And there he was, this young boy,
a stranger to my eyes
Chorus
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
with his song
Verse 2
I felt all flushed with fever,
embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters
and read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish
but he just kept right on
Chorus
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
with his song
Verse 3
He sang as if he knew me
in all my dark despair
And then he looked right through me
as if I wasn't there
And he just kept on singing
Singing clear and strong
Chorus
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
with his song
Interlude
Ooooh oh ohhh
Oh oh oh ohhh oh oh oh ohhh
La la la, la la la
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
La aaa ah aaaah
La ah-ah ah-ah aah
Chorus
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
Ending
He was strumming my pain
Yeah, he was singing my life
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
with his song
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