Killing Me Softly with His Song
Lesson Goals:
♦ Review the "minor" barre chord "E" shape
♦ Review the "minor" barre chord "A" shape
♦ Play "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
In this lesson we will play the 1973 mega-hit "Killing Me Softly with His Song" sung by Roberta Flack. This is one of the truly great songs of the time and a good one to have under your belt.
There are a number of chord changes in this song and some chords are played as a minor chord in one section, then as a major chord in another so you will have to really pay attention going through this one.
Although there are a lot of chord changes it will be a lot more manageable to split the song into two sections, the chorus section, and the verse section.
Once you have those down it is just a matter of repeating everything.
Let's take a look at the chart for this song.
The song begins with the chorus on an Em chord which is played up at the 7th fret.
Note that the second chord is an A minor, but the second chord of the 3rd measure is an A major.
Get familiar with the changes then we can go over it in the video.