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Chorus
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
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Killing me softly with his song ■
Verse
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■ Yooo This is Wyclef Refugee Camp
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Prazrel Lil' Base sits up there on the base
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While I'm on this I got my girl L
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One time one time
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Ayo L you know you got the lyrics ■
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I heard he sang a good song ■
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I heard he had a style ■
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And so I came to see him
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And listen for a while ■
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And there he was
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This young boy ■ stranger to my eyes
Chorus
E7 A7
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D E7 G7
Singing my life with his words ■
E7 A7
Killing me softly with this song
D7 G7
Killing me softly with his song
C7 G7 C
Telling my whole life with his words
F7 F7 E E
Killing me softly ■ with his song ■
Verse
E E E
■ I felt all flushed with fever ■
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Embarrassed by the crowd ■
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I felt he found my letters
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Then read each one out loud ■
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I prayed that he would finish ■
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But he just kept right on
Chorus
E E7 A7
Strumming my pain with his fingers ■
A7 D7 G
Singing my life with his words
E7 A7
Killing me softly with his song
D G
Killing me softly with his song
C G7 C7
Telling my whole life with his words
F7 F F
Killing me softly ■ with his song
F
Yo ■ LBoy take it to the bridge
E Am7 D
Strumming my pain with his fingers
G Em7 E
Yes ■ he was singing my life with his words
A7
Killing me softly with his song
D7 C G7
Killing me softly with his song
C F7 G C E7
Telling my whole ■ ■ ■ life with ■ his words
E7 A7
Killing me softly with his song
Strumming my pain yeah
D7 G
Singing my life with his words
E A7
Killing me softly with his song
D7 C
Killing me softly with his song
G7
Telling my whole life with his words
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A7 G7 C
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