Killing Me Softly Chords
by Lauryn Hill
Killing Me Softly by Lauryn Hill is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Am7, D7, G, D, C, Fmaj7, E and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em Am7
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7 G
singing my life with his words
Em Am7
killing me softly with his song
D C
killing me softly with his song
G C
telling my whole life with his words.
Fmaj7
Killing me softly
E
with his song.
Verse:
Am7 D
I heard he sang a good song
G C
I heard he had a style
Am7 D
and so I came to see him
Em
and listen for a while.
Am7 D7
And there he was this young boy
G B7
a stranger to my eyes.
(Chorus)
Verse:
Am7 D
I felt all flushed with fever
G C
embarrassed by the crowd.
Am7 D
I felt he found my letters
Em
and read each one out loud.
Am7 D7
I prayed that he would finish
G B7
but he just kept right on.
(Chorus)
Verse:
Am7 D
He sang as if he knew me
G C
in all my dark despair.
Am7 D
And then he looked right through me
Em
as if I wasn't there.
Am7 D7
And he just kept on singing
G B7
singing clear and strong.
(Chorus)