Biography:
Charles Fox was born and raised in New York City. Having graduated from High School of Music and Arts Fox continued his musical education with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He studied the jazz-piano with Lenny Tristano and he learned electronic music with Vladimir Ussachevsky at Columbia University.
His career started by playing the piano for, composing and arrainging for artists such as Ray Barretto, Joe Quijano and Tito Puente. He also wrote theme music and arranged for Skitch Henderson and the Tonight Show Orchestra.
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[Chorus 1]
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D G
Singing my life with his words,
Em A
Killing me softly with his song,
D C
Killing me soft-ly with his song,
G C
Telling my whole life with his words,
F E
Killing me softly with his song.
[Link]
(drum rhythm for 8 bars)
[Verse 1]
Am D
I heard he sang a good song,
G C
I heard he had a smile,
Am D
And so i came to see him
Em
And listen for a while.
Am D
And there he was, this young boy,
G (B7)
A stranger to my eyes.
[Chorus 2]
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D G
Singing my life with his words,
Em A
Killing me softly with his song,
D C
Killing me soft-ly with his song,
G C
Telling my whole life with his words,
F E
Killing me softly with his song.
[Verse 2]
Am D G
I felt all flushed with fever,
C
Embarrassed by the crowd,
Am D
I felt he found a letters
Em
And read each one out loud.
Am D
I prayed that he would finish,
G (B7)
But he just kept right on...
[Chorus 3]
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D G
Singing my life with his words,
Em A
Killing me softly with his song,
D C
Killing me soft-ly with his song,
G C
Telling my whole life with his words,
F E
Killing me softly with his song.
[Middle]
Em Am D G
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh
Em A
La la la la la la,
D C G C F E
Woh la, woh la, la la la la.
[Chorus 4]
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D G
Singing my life with his words,
Em A
Killing me softly with his song,
D C
Killing me soft-ly with his song,
G C
Telling my whole life with his words,
F E
Killing me softly with his song.
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D G
Singing my life with his words,
Em A
Killing me softly with his song,
D C
Killing me soft-ly with his song,
G C
Telling my whole life with his words,
F E
Killing me softly with his song.
[Link]
(drum rhythm for 8 bars)
[Verse 1]
Am D
I heard he sang a good song,
G C
I heard he had a smile,
Am D
And so i came to see him
Em
And listen for a while.
Am D
And there he was, this young boy,
G (B7)
A stranger to my eyes.
[Chorus 2]
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D G
Singing my life with his words,
Em A
Killing me softly with his song,
D C
Killing me soft-ly with his song,
G C
Telling my whole life with his words,
F E
Killing me softly with his song.
[Verse 2]
Am D G
I felt all flushed with fever,
C
Embarrassed by the crowd,
Am D
I felt he found a letters
Em
And read each one out loud.
Am D
I prayed that he would finish,
G (B7)
But he just kept right on...
[Chorus 3]
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D G
Singing my life with his words,
Em A
Killing me softly with his song,
D C
Killing me soft-ly with his song,
G C
Telling my whole life with his words,
F E
Killing me softly with his song.
[Middle]
Em Am D G
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh
Em A
La la la la la la,
D C G C F E
Woh la, woh la, la la la la.
[Chorus 4]
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D G
Singing my life with his words,
Em A
Killing me softly with his song,
D C
Killing me soft-ly with his song,
G C
Telling my whole life with his words,
F E
Killing me softly with his song.
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