A música Killing Me Softly With His Song foi composta por Charles Fox e Norman Gimbel em 1971. A canção ganhou fama na voz de Roberta Flack em 1973, e anos mais tarde, foi regravada pelo grupo Fugees, trazendo a canção de volta às paradas de sucesso. A inspiração para a letra veio quando Gimbel estava em um bar e assistiu Don McLean (famoso pela música American Pie) se apresentando. A performance de McLean foi tão emocionante que Gimbel decidiu e ... Ver mais [+] screver uma canção sobre o sentimento de ser tocado pela performance de um artista.
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Am7D I heard he sang a good song. GC I heard he had a style. Am7D And so I came to see him, Em and listen for a while. Am7D7 And there he was this young boy, GB7 a stranger to my eyes.
EmAmD7G Strumming my pain with his fingers. Singing my life with his words. EmAmDC Killing me softly with his song. Killing me softly with his song. GC Telling my whole life with his words. F7M(#11)E Killing me softly, with his song.
Am7D I felt all flushed with fever, GC embarrassed by the crowd. Am7D I felt he found my letters Em and read each one out loud. Am7D7 I prayed that he would finish, GB7 but he just kept right on.
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EmAmD7G Strumming my pain with his fingers. Singing my life with his words. EmAmDC Killing me softly with his song. Killing me softly with his song. GC Telling my whole life with his words. F7M(#11)E Killing me softly, with his song.