Roberta Flack – Died Feb 23, 2025<\/p>\n
{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n<\/span>[Am7] I heard he [D] sang a good song\r\n<\/span><\/span>[G] I heard he [C] had a style\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Am7] and so I [D] came to see him\r\n<\/span><\/span>![](\"https:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/G\/CH)
to [Em] listen for a while.\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Am7] And there he [D7] was this young boy <\/span><\/span>[GMAJ<\/span>7] a stranger [B7] to my eyes.<\/span><\/span>\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>[Em] Strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers \r\n[D7] singing my life with his [G] words \r\n[Em] killing me softly with [A] his song \r\nkilling me [D] softly with his [C] song \r\n![](\"https:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/F\/CH)
telling my [G] whole life with his [C] words. Killing me [FMAJ<\/span>7] softly - - - with his [E] song.\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n<\/span>[Am7] I felt all [D] flushed with fever\r\n<\/span><\/span>[GMAJ<\/span>7] embarrassed [C] by the crowd.\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Am7] I felt he [D] found my letters\r\n<\/span><\/span>and [Em] read each one out loud.\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Am7] I prayed that [D7] he would finish\r\n<\/span><\/span>[GMAJ<\/span>7] but he just [B7] kept on singing.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse]\r\n<\/span>[Am7] He sang as [D] if he knew me\r\n<\/span><\/span>[GMAJ<\/span>7] in all my [C] dark despair.\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Am7] And then he [D] looked right through me\r\n<\/span><\/span>as [Em] if I wasn't there.\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Am7] And he just [D7] kept on singing\r\n<\/span><\/span>[GMAJ<\/span>7] singing [B7] clear and strong.<\/span><\/span> \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>[Em] Strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers \r\n[D7] singing my life with his [G] words \r\n[Em] killing me softly with [A] his song \r\nkilling me [D] softly with his [C] song \r\ntelling my [G] whole life with his [C] words. \r\nKilling me [FMAJ<\/span>7] softly - - - [E]<\/span><\/span><\/span> no words\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Ending]<\/span>\r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>[Em] Strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers [D7] singing my life with his [G] words \r\n[Em] killing me softly with [A] his song \r\nkilling me [D] softly with his [C] song \r\ntelling my [G] whole life with his [C] words. \r\nKilling me [FMAJ<\/span>7] softly - - - with his [E] song.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roberta Flack – Died Feb 23, 2025 { CHORUS } [Verse] [Am7] I heard he [D] sang a good song [G] I heard he [C] had a style [Am7] and so I [D] came to see him to [Em] listen for a while. [Am7] And there he [D7] was this …