La canción Killing Me Softly With His Song fue compuesta por Charles Fox y Norman Gimbel en 1971. La canción se hizo famosa en la voz de Roberta Flack en 1973, y años más tarde, fue regrabada por el grupo Fugees, trayendo la canción de vuelta a las listas de éxitos. La inspiración para la letra vino cuando Gimbel estaba en un bar y vio a Don McLean (famoso por la canción American Pie) actuando. La actuación de McLean fue tan conmovedora que Gimbe ... Ver más [+] l decidió escribir una canción sobre el sentimiento de ser tocado por la actuación de un artista.
Tono: G
Em
Am
D7
G
Strumming my pain with his fingers. Singing my life with his words.
Em
Am
D
C
Killing me softly with his song. Killing me softly with his song.
G
C
Telling my whole life with his words. F7M(#11)
E
Killing me softly, with his song.
Am7
D
I heard he sang a good song.
G
C
I heard he had a style.
Am7
D
And so I came to see him,
Em
and listen for a while.
Am7
D7
And there he was this young boy,
G
B7
a stranger to my eyes.
Em
Am
D7
G
Strumming my pain with his fingers. Singing my life with his words.
Em
Am
D
C
Killing me softly with his song. Killing me softly with his song.
G
C
Telling my whole life with his words. F7M(#11)
E
Killing me softly, with his song.
Am7
D
I felt all flushed with fever,
G
C
embarrassed by the crowd.
Am7
D
I felt he found my letters
Em
and read each one out loud.
Am7
D7
I prayed that he would finish,
G
B7
but he just kept right on.
Em
Am
D7
G
Strumming my pain with his fingers. Singing my life with his words.
Em
Am
D
C
Killing me softly with his song. Killing me softly with his song.