Intro
A#2
[Verse 1]
A#2 A#2/G# F#dim F
I'm hearing images, I'm seeing songs
A#2 A#m A#m+ Am
No poet has ever painted
D#m D#m/C# F/C Cb7
Voices call out to me, straight to my heart
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
So strange, yet we're so well acquainted
A#2 A#2/G# F#dim F
I let the music speak, with no restraints
A#2 A#m A#m+ Am
I let my feelings take over
D#m D#m/C# F/C Cb7
Carry my soul away into the world
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E Am Am7
Where beauty meets the darkness of the day
[Pre-Chorus]
G# C#
Where my mind is like an open window
G# F F/C F/A A#m
Where the high and healing winds blow
G# C#
From my shallow sleep, the sounds awake me
Cb Cb/F#
I let them take me
Bb11+
(Let them wake me, let them now, let them take me)
A#m F4 F
[Chorus]
A#m A#m+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
A#m A#m/G# F# F A#m
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
A#m A#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
A#m A#m/G# F# A# A#m
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
A#m A#2 A#m x2 F#dim F4 F
[Verse 2]
A#2 A#2/G# F#dim F
Some streets are emptiness, dry leaves of autumn
A#2 A#m A#m+ Am
Rustling down an old alley
D#m D#m/C# F/C Cb7
And in the dead of night, I find myself
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
A# blind man in some ancient valley
A#2 A#2/G# F#dim F
I let the music speak, leading me gently
A#2 A#m A#m+ Am
Urging me like a lover
D#m D#m/C# F/C Cb7
Leading me all the way into a place
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E Am Am7
Where beauty will defeat the darkest day
[Pre-Chorus]
G# C#
Where I'm one with every grand illusion
G# F F/C F/A A#m
No disturbance, no intrusion
G# C#
Where I let the wistful sounds seduce me
Cb Cb/F#
I let them use me
Cb11
(All illusion, no disturbance, no intrusion)
A#m F4 F
[Chorus]
A#m A#m+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
A#m A#m/G# F# F A#m
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
A#m A#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
A#m A#m/G# F# F A#m A#m7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
A#m A#2 A#m x2 F#dim F4 F
[Chorus]
A#m A#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
A#m A#m/G# F# F A#m A#m7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Outro]
G# C#
Let it be the joy of each new sunrise
G# F/A F A#m
Or the moment when the day dies
G# C#
I surrender without reservation
C#7/Cb
No explanations
F#9/A# F#/A#
No questions why
D#m A#/D# D#m7 F7
I take it to me and let it flow through me
D#m C#
Yes, I let the music speak
F# G# G#4 C#
I let the music speak