FUGEES - "Killing Me Softly" Tablature
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 18:39:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jeffrey Thomas Doyle <rascal9@SNET.Net>
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.
Am7 D G C
E-----------1--|-----------|-1------------|-------|
B-1--2--4------|4--------4-|---4---2---1--|-2-----|
G--------------|----3------|--------------|----1--|
I heard he sang |a good song|I heard he had|a style|
Am7 D Em
E----------1--|---1---3---3-|-4---3---1-----1--4--1-|
B--1--2-4-----|-4-----------|------------4----------|
G-------------|-------------|-----------------------|
and so I came|to see him to|lis-ten for a whi-i-ile|
Am7 D7 G B7
E-4---1----------|--------------|----------0-|0--1--3-|
B----------2---1-|-------1----2-|4------4----|--------|
G----------------|--3-----------|------------|--------|
And there he was|this young boy|stran-ger to|my ey-es|
Part B (Chorus):
Em Am D7 G
E--4----4---4---4----1-----------|----|-3----3--3---3--|
B--------------------------1---4--|-2--|----------------|
G---------------------------------|----|----------------|
Strum-ming my pain with his fin-gers|Sing-ing my life|
G A
E---------------|-----------------1---4----3-|
B--4---------1--|-1----1--1---1--------------|
G-------3-------|----------------------------|
with his words|Kill-ing me soft-ly with his|
D C
G
E-1-----6----6---6---6--|-4----3------|--3-|-1----1---4---1--|
B-----------------------|-----------4-|----|-----------------|
G-----------------------|-------------|----|-----------------|
song, kill-ing me soft-| ly with his |song|Tell-ing my whole|
C Esus4 E
E----|--------------|---------------------|--------|-----|
B-4--|--1---4----2--|-2----2--1-----------|--------|-----|
G----|--------------|------------5---3---3|--3---3-|-5---|
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:
E-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|
soooooooooooooooooooooong|
Then play this:
E--4---3--1--3--1--3--4--3--4--3--1-------------------|
B------------------------------------4--6--4--2---4--6|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
whoa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah |
E--------------------|----------|--------|
B-9--9--9--8--8--8---|-11---9--8|-4--8--6|
G-------------------6|----------|--------|
La-la-la-la-la-la-la|whoa-oa-oa|Ah-ah-ah|
E----------|--------------------------------|
B--9---6--4|-1--6--4--2--1-----1------------|
G----------|----------------3-----3--3----3-|
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.
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
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