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Andy Williams - Killing Me Softly With Her Song Chords

Chord reference Am, D, G, C, Em, B, A, F, E
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[Am]I heard he [D]sang a good song [G]I heard he [C]had a style [Am]And so I [D]came to see him and [Em]listen for a while [Am]And there he [D]was this young boy [G]stranger [B]to my eyes

[Em]Strumming my pain with his [Am]fingers, [D]singing my life with his [G]words [Em]Killing me softly with [A]his song, killing me [D]softly with his [C]song Telling my [G]whole life with his [C]words, killing me [F]softly with his [E]song

[Am]I felt all [D]flushed with fever [G]Embarrassed [C]by the crowd [Am]I felt he [D]found my letters and [Em]read each one out loud [Am]I prayed that [D]he would finish [G]But he just [B]kept right on

[Am]He sang as [D]if he knew me [G]in all my [C]dark despair. [Am]And then he [D]looked right through me as [Em]if I wasn’t there [Am]But he was [D]there, this stranger, [G]singing [B]clear and loud

Artist Andy Williams
Album The Way We Were
Genres Jazz, Pop, Vocal
Year 1974
Key Am

How to Play Killing Me Softly With Her Song on Guitar?

Andy Williams - Killing Me Softly With Her Song can be played in the key of Am using the Am, D, G, C, Em, B, A, F, E 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 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 G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, 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 Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For B, To play B, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let B ring open, mute G.
  • For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, 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 E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.

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

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