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Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly Chords

Chord reference Am, Dm, G7, C, D, F, E7
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[Am]Strumming my pain with his [Dm]fingers [G7]Singing my life with his [C]words [Am]Killing me softly with [D]his song Killing me [G]softly with [F]his song Telling my [C]whole life with [F]his words Killing me [A]softly with his [A]song

[Dm]I heard he [G7]sang a good song [C]I heard he [F]had a style [Dm]And so I [G7]came to see him And [Am]listen for a while [Dm]And there he [G7]was this young boy [C]A stranger [E7]to my eyes

[Am]Strumming my pain with his [Dm]fingers [G7]Singing my life with his [C]words [Am]Killing me softly with [D]his song Killing me [G]softly with [F]his song Telling my [C]whole life with [F]his words Killing me [A]softly with his [A]song

[Dm]I felt all [G7]flushed with fever [C]Embarrassed [F]by the crowd [Dm]I felt he [G7]found my letters And [Am]read each one out loud [Dm]I prayed that [G7]he would finish [C]But he just [E7]kept right on

[Am]Strumming my pain with his [Dm]fingers [G7]Singing my life with his [C]words [Am]Killing me softly with [D]his song Killing me [G]softly with [F]his song Telling my [C]whole life with [F]his words Killing me [A]softly with his [A]song

[Dm]He sang as [G7]if he knew me [C]In all my [F]dark despair [Dm]And then he [G7]looked right through me As [Am]if I wasn’t there [Dm]And he just [G7]kept on singing [C]Singing [E7]clear and strong

[Am]Strumming my pain with his [Dm]fingers [G7]Singing my life with his [C]words [Am]Killing me softly with [D]his song Killing me [G]softly with [F]his song Telling my [C]whole life with [F]his words Killing me [A]softly with his [A]song

Artist Roberta Flack
Album Killing Me Softly
Genres Blues, Pop, R&B
Year 1973
Key Am

How to Play Killing Me Softly on Guitar?

Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly can be played in the key of Am using the Am, Dm, G7, C, D, F, E7 chords.

  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
  • For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
  • For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Killing Me Softly with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.