G#m           C#m        F#         B/D#
G#m/D#    C#6 C#         F#         E
B/D#          C#m        A          G#

C#m           F#7        C#m        F#7
C#m           F#7        C#m        F#7


[Verse]
C#m            F#7
  I heard she sang a good song,
B/D#           E
  I heard she had a style.
C#m         F#7
  And so I came to see her
G#m                       G#m7/F#
  And listen for a while.
C#m              F#7
  And there she was this young girl,
B             D#   D#7
  A stranger to my eyes.

[Chorus]
     G#m                      C#m
  Strumming my pain with her fingers,
   F#         F#7           B
  Singing my life with her words,
   G#m                    C#6 C#
  Killing me softly with her song,
              F#              E
  Killing me softly with her song,
               B/D#               C#m
  Telling my whole life with her words,
              A
  Killing me softly
            G#
  With her song

[Verse]
C#m            F#7
  I felt all flushed with fever,
B/D#           E
  Embarrassed by the crowd,
C#m           F#7
  I felt she found my letters
G#m                         G#m7/F#
  And read each one out loud.
C#m              F#7
 I prayed that she would finish
B                D#        D#7
   But she just kept right on.

[Chorus]
     G#m                      C#m
  Strumming my pain with her fingers,
   F#         F#7           B
  Singing my life with her words,
   G#m                    C#6 C#
  Killing me softly with her song,
              F#              E
  Killing me softly with her song,
               B/D#               C#m
  Telling my whole life with her words,
              A
  Killing me softly
            G#
  With her song

[Verse]
C#m            F#7
  She sang as if she knew me
B/D#           E
  In all my dark despair
C#m           F#7
  And then she looked right through me
G#m                         G#m7/F#
  As if I wasn't there.
C#m            F#7
  But she was very stranger,
B           D#         D#7
  Singing clear and strong.

[Chorus]
     G#m                      C#m
  Strumming my pain with her fingers,
   F#         F#7           B
  Singing my life with her words,
   G#m                    C#6 C#
  Killing me softly with her song,
              F#              E
  Killing me softly with her song,
               B/D#               C#m
  Telling my whole life with her words,
              A
  Killing me softly
            G#
  With her song

[Outro]
G#m           C#m        F#         B/D#
G#m/D#    C#6 C#         F#         E
B/D#          C#m

              A
  Killing me softly
            G#
  With her song