[Verse]
          
I heard she sa

#
ng a good song

,
           
I heard she ha

d a style.
       
And so I came 

to see her

And listen for

 a while.
           
And there she 

 
was this young

 girl,
             
A stranger to 


my eyes.


[Chorus]
           
Strumming my p

              
ain with her f

 
ingers,
            
Singing my lif

            
e with her wor

ds,
           
Killing me sof

          
tly with her s

ong,
            
Killing me sof

          
tly with her s

ong,
             
Telling my who

              
le life with h


er words,
            
Killing me sof

tly 
          
With her song


[Verse]
          
I felt all flu

#
shed with feve

r,
           
Embarrassed by

 the crowd,
        
I felt she fou

nd my letters

And read each 

one out loud.
           
I prayed that 

 
she would fini

sh
             
But she just k

    
ept right on.


[Chorus]
           
Strumming my p

              
ain with her f

 
ingers,
            
Singing my lif

            
e with her wor

ds,
           
Killing me sof

          
tly with her s

ong,
            
Killing me sof

          
tly with her s

ong,
             
Telling my who

              
le life with h


er words,
            
Killing me sof

tly 
          
With her song


[Verse]
         
She sang as if

 she knew me
         
In all my dark

 despair
          
And then she l

#
ooked right th

rough me 

As if I wasn't

 there.
           
But she just c


ame to singing

, 
             
Singing clear 

 
and strong.


[Chorus]
           
Strumming my p

              
ain with her f

 
ingers,
            
Singing my lif

            
e with her wor

ds,
           
Killing me sof

          
tly with her s

ong,
            
Killing me sof

          
tly with her s

ong,
             
Telling my who

              
le life with h


er words,
            
Killing me sof

tly 
          
With her song