IntroG#mC#mF#BG#mC#mF#EBEAG#mC#mF#
I heard she sang a good song
BE
I heard she had a style
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And so i came to see her
G#m
And listen for a while
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And there she was this young girl
BG#mA stranger to my eyes
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Strumming my pain with her fingers
F#B
Singing my life with her words
G#mC#m
Killing me softly with her song
F#E
Killing me softly with her song
BE
Telling my whole life with her words
A
Killing me softly
G#m
With her song
C#mF#
I felt all flushed with fever
BE
Embarrassed by the crowd
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I felt she found my letters
G#m
And read each one out loud
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I prayed that she would finish
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But she just kept right on
G#mC#m
Strumming my pain with her fingers
F#B
Singing my life with her words
G#mC#m
Killing me softly with her song
F#E
Killing me softly with her song
BE
Telling my whole life with her words
A
Killing me softly
G#m
With her song
C#mF#
She sang as if she knew me
BE
In all my dark despair
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And then she looked right through me
G#m
As if i wasn't there
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But she just came to singing
BG#m
Singing clear and strong
G#mC#m
Strumming my pain with her fingers
F#B
Singing my life with her words
G#mC#m
Killing me softly with her song
F#E
Killing me softly with her song
BE
Telling my whole life with her words
A
Killing me softly
G#m
With her song
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