Intro
B2
[Verse 1]
B2 B2/A F#dim F#
I'm hearing images, I'm seeing songs
B2 Bm Bm+ Am
No poet has ever painted
Em Em/D F#/C# C7
Voices call out to me, straight to my heart
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
So strange, yet we're so well acquainted
B2 B2/A F#dim F#
I let the music speak, with no restraints
B2 Bm Bm+ Am
I let my feelings take over
Em Em/D F#/C# C7
Carry my soul away into the world
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E Am Am7
Where beauty meets the darkness of the day
[Pre-Chorus]
A D
Where my mind is like an open window
A F# F#/C# F#/A# Bm
Where the high and healing winds blow
A D
From my shallow sleep, the sounds awake me
C C/G
I let them take me
Bb11+
(Let them wake me, let them now, let them take me)
Bm F#4 F#
[Chorus]
Bm Bm+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
Bm Bm/A G F# Bm
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
Bm Bm+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
Bm Bm/A G B Bm
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
Bm B2 Bm x2 F#dim F#4 F#
[Verse 2]
B2 B2/A F#dim F#
Some streets are emptiness, dry leaves of autumn
B2 Bm Bm+ Am
Rustling down an old alley
Em Em/D F#/C# C7
And in the dead of night, I find myself
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
B blind man in some ancient valley
B2 B2/A F#dim F#
I let the music speak, leading me gently
B2 Bm Bm+ Am
Urging me like a lover
Em Em/D F#/C# C7
Leading me all the way into a place
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E Am Am7
Where beauty will defeat the darkest day
[Pre-Chorus]
A D
Where I'm one with every grand illusion
A F# F#/C# F#/A# Bm
No disturbance, no intrusion
A D
Where I let the wistful sounds seduce me
C C/G
I let them use me
C11
(All illusion, no disturbance, no intrusion)
Bm F#4 F#
[Chorus]
Bm Bm+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
Bm Bm/A G F# Bm
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
Bm Bm+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
Bm Bm/A G F# Bm Bm7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
Bm B2 Bm x2 F#dim F#4 F#
[Chorus]
Bm Bm+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
Bm Bm/A G F# Bm Bm7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Outro]
A D
Let it be the joy of each new sunrise
A F#/A# F# Bm
Or the moment when the day dies
A D
I surrender without reservation
D7/C
No explanations
G9/B G/B
No questions why
Em B/E Em7 F#7
I take it to me and let it flow through me
Em D
Yes, I let the music speak
G A A4 D
I let the music speak