[Chorus]

            
Strumming my p

            
ain with my fi

            
ngers.  singin

              
g my life with

     
 his words.
            
Killing me sof

             
tly with his s

             
ong.  Killing 

             
me softly with

      
 his song.
             
Telling my who

              
le life with h

    
is words.
            
Killing me sof

         
tly,  with his

   
 song.      

[Verse]                                      
         
I heard he san

              
g a good song.

        
    
        
I heard he had

              
 a style.     

        
 
         
And so I came 

              
to see him,   

      
  
            
and listen for

              
 a while.     

       
     
          
And there he w

             
as a young boy

       
        
          
a stranger to 

my eyes.

[Chorus]
            
Strumming my p

            
ain with my fi

            
ngers.  singin

              
g my life with

     
 his words.
            
Killing me sof

             
tly with his s

             
ong.  Killing 

             
me softly with

      
 his song.
             
Telling my who

              
le life with h

    
is words.
            
Killing me sof

         
tly,  with his

   
 song. 

[Verse]
         
I felt all flu

  
shed with feve

r 
        
embarrassed by

    
 the crowd.
         
I felt he foun

  
d my letters 
           
and read each 

one out loud.
          
I prayed that 

    
he would finis

h
          
but he just ke

pt right on.

[Chorus]
            
Strumming my p

            
ain with my fi

            
ngers.  singin

              
g my life with

     
 his words.
            
Killing me sof

             
tly with his s

             
ong.  Killing 

             
me softly with

      
 his song.
             
Telling my who

              
le life with h

    
is words.
            
Killing me sof

         
tly,  with his

   
 song. 

[Verse]
         
He sang as if 

  
knew me 
        
in all my dark

    
 despair.
           
And then he lo

   
oked right thr

ough me
     
as if I wasn't

 there.
          
And he just ke

    
pt on singing 
          
sining clear a

nd strong

[Chorus]
            
Strumming my p

            
ain with my fi

            
ngers.  singin

              
g my life with

     
 his words.
            
Killing me sof

             
tly with his s

             
ong.  Killing 

             
me softly with

      
 his song.
             
Telling my who

              
le life with h

    
is words.
            
Killing me sof

         
tly,  with his

   
 song.