Bm                           Em
Strumming my pain with her fingers
A                          D
Singing my life with her words
Bm                       Em
Killing me softly with her song
             A            G
Killing me softly with her song
              D               G
Telling my whole life with her words
          C                 B
Killing me softly with her song


[Verse]

Em            A        
I heard she sang a good song
D           G
I heard she had a style
Em           A              Bm                
And so I came to see him to listen for awhile
Em              A                D             F#
And there she was this young girl, a stranger to my eyes


[Chorus]

Bm                           Em
Strumming my pain with her fingers
A                          D
Singing my life with her words
Bm                       Em
Killing me softly with her song
             A            G
Killing me softly with her song
              D               G
Telling my whole life with her words
          C                 B
Killing me softly with her song


[Verse]

Em              A 
I felt all flushed with fever 
D             G
Embarrassed by the crowd
Em            A                   Bm     
I felt she found my letters and read each out one loud... oh
Em                A           D               F#   
I prayed that she would finish but she just kept right on 


[Chorus]

Bm                           Em
Strumming my pain with her fingers
A                          D
Singing my life with her words
Bm                       Em
Killing me softly with her song
             A            G
Killing me softly with her song
              D               G
Telling my whole life with her words
          C                 B
Killing me softly with her song