eStrumming my pain with hisa fingers
D7Singing my life with hisG words
eKilling mee softly withA his song,
Killing meD softly with hisC songs
Telling myG whole life with hisC words
Killing meF softly with hisEsus4 song E

a7I heard heD sang a good song
GI heard heC had a style
a7And so ID came to see him toe listen for a while
a7And there he waspD7] this young boy
GA stranger to myH7 eyes

Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing mee softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his songs
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song

I felt all flushed with fever
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters and read each out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on

Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing mee softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his songs
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song

He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair
And then he looked right through me
As if I wasn't there
And he just kept on singing
Singing clear and strong

Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing mee softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his songs
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song

Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing mee softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his songs
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me

He was strumming my pain yeah
He was singing my life
Killing mee softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his songs
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song