Killing Me Softly Chords
by John Holt
Killing Me Softly by John Holt is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords Am, Dm, G, C, F, A#, G7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Am Dm
Strumming my pain with her fingers
G C
Singing my life with her words
Am Dm
Killing me softly with her song
G F
Killing me softly with her song
C F
Telling my whole life with her words
A#
Killing me softly
Am
With her song
Dm G
I heard she sang a good song
C F
I heard she had a style
Dm G
And so i came to see her
Am
And listen for a while
Dm G7
And there she was this young girl
C E7
A stranger to my eyes
Am Dm
Strumming my pain with her fingers
G C
Singing my life with her words
Am Dm
Killing me softly with her song
G F
Killing me softly with her song
C F
Telling my whole life with her words
A#
Killing me softly
Am
With her song
Dm G
I felt all flushed with fever
C F
Embarrassed by the crowd
Dm G
I felt she found my letters
Am
And read each one out loud
Dm G7
I prayed that she would finish
C E7
But she just kept right on
Am Dm
Strumming my pain with her fingers
G C
Singing my life with her words
Am Dm
Killing me softly with her song
G F
Killing me softly with her song
C F
Telling my whole life with her words
A#
Killing me softly
Am
With her song
Dm G
She sang as if she knew me
C F
In all my dark despair
Dm G
And then she looked right through me
Am
As if i wasn't there
Dm G7
But she was there with a stranger
C E7
Singing clear and strong
Am Dm
Strumming my pain with her fingers
G C
Singing my life with her words
Am Dm
Killing me softly with her song
G F
Killing me softly with her song
C F
Telling my whole life with her words
A#
Killing me softly
Am
With her song
Am Dm
Strumming my pain with her fingers
G C
Singing my life with her words
Am Dm
Killing me softly with her song
G F
Killing me softly with her song
C F
Telling my whole life with her words
A#
Killing me softly
Am
With her song