Intro  G#m  C#m  F#   B  G#m  C#m  F#  E  B  E  A  G#m
 
C#m          F# 
I heard she sang a good song 
B           E 
I heard she had a style 
C#m       F# 
And so i came to see her 
G#m 
And listen for a while 
C#m            F#7 
And there she was this young girl 
B             G#m 
A stranger to my eyes 
 
G#m                          C#m 
Strumming my pain with her fingers 
F#                        B 
Singing my life with her words 
G#m                     C#m 
K*lling me softly with her song 
            F#          E 
K*lling me softly with her song 
            B               E 
Telling my whole life with her words 
            A 
K*lling me softly  
          G#m 
With her song 
 
C#m          F# 
I felt all flushed with fever 
B           E 
Embarrassed by the crowd 
C#m        F# 
I felt she found my letters 
G#m 
And read each one out loud 
C#m            F#7 
I prayed that she would finish 
B                 G#m 
But she just kept right on 
 
G#m                          C#m 
Strumming my pain with her fingers 
F#                        B 
Singing my life with her words 
G#m                     C#m 
K*lling me softly with her song 
            F#          E 
K*lling me softly with her song 
            B               E 
Telling my whole life with her words 
            A 
K*lling me softly  
          G#m 
With her song 
 
C#m         F# 
She sang as if she knew me 
B         E 
In all my dark despair 
C#m          F# 
And then she looked right through me  
G#m 
As if i wasn't there 
C#m           F#7 
But she just came to singing 
B              G#m 
Singing clear and strong 
 
G#m                          C#m 
Strumming my pain with her fingers 
F#                        B 
Singing my life with her words 
G#m                     C#m 
K*lling me softly with her song 
            F#          E 
K*lling me softly with her song 
            B               E 
Telling my whole life with her words 
            A 
K*lling me softly  
          G#m 
With her song