Killing Me Softly Lyrics

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 18:39:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jeffrey Thomas Doyle
Subject: TAB: "Killing me softly" "Fugees" chords+tab+lyrics
corrections by: KiloKyle@aol.com
I loved this song, thought it was a good tab, but the chords weren't there,
so now you can pplay both at once :) plus all this stuff at the top is
annoying, so cut down, Reach me to bitch, praise at: KiloKyle@aol.com
This is the Fugee's version of "Killing Me Softly" which is by Charles Fox,
and the lyrics are by Norman Gimbel. I tabbed along with the melody,
so it includes all the "whoas" and other voice effects. If I have
forgotten any, please let me now because I don't have this song on tape, so
I'm doing it from memory. Crystal Doyle:)
P.S. This isn't written in time, so you'll have to figure out the rhythm
yourself. Killing Me Softly
Part A (Verse 1): (for verses 2 and 3, play the same melody, but substitute
the words.
I heard he sang |a good song|I heard he had|a style|
and so I came|to see him to|lis-ten for a whi-i-ile|
And there he was|this young boy|stran-ger to|my ey-es|
Part B (Chorus):
Strum-ming my pain with his fin-gers|Sing-ing my life|
with his words|Kill-ing me soft-ly with his|
song, kill-ing me soft-| ly with his |song|Tell-ing my whole|
life|with his words|kill-ing me so-oft-ly|with his|song.|
Go to next verse, after third verse play "song" like this:
Part C:
soooooooooooooooooooooong|
Then play this:
whoa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah |
La-la-la-la-la-la-la|whoa-oa-oa|Ah-ah-ah|
whoa-oa-oa|Ah-ah-ah-ah-uh-oa-oa-oo with his|
(play part c)Then play part b (the chorus) again, and end it there.
Verse 2:
I felt all flushed with fever, embarassed by the crowd,
I felt he found my letters and read each one aloud.
I prayed that he would finish but he just kept right on.
Verse 3:
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.
But he was there this stranger singing clear strong.