Intro
G#2
[Verse 1]
G#2 G#2/F# F#dim D#
I'm hearing images, I'm seeing songs
G#2 G#m G#m+ Am
No poet has ever painted
C#m C#m/B D#/A# A7
Voices call out to me, straight to my heart
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
So strange, yet we're so well acquainted
G#2 G#2/F# F#dim D#
I let the music speak, with no restraints
G#2 G#m G#m+ Am
I let my feelings take over
C#m C#m/B D#/A# A7
Carry my soul away into the world
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E Am Am7
Where beauty meets the darkness of the day
[Pre-Chorus]
F# B
Where my mind is like an open window
F# D# D#/A# D#/G G#m
Where the high and healing winds blow
F# B
From my shallow sleep, the sounds awake me
A A/E
I let them take me
Bb11+
(Let them wake me, let them now, let them take me)
G#m D#4 D#
[Chorus]
G#m G#m+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
G#m G#m/F# E D# G#m
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
G#m G#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
G#m G#m/F# E G# G#m
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
G#m G#2 G#m x2 F#dim D#4 D#
[Verse 2]
G#2 G#2/F# F#dim D#
Some streets are emptiness, dry leaves of autumn
G#2 G#m G#m+ Am
Rustling down an old alley
C#m C#m/B D#/A# A7
And in the dead of night, I find myself
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
G# blind man in some ancient valley
G#2 G#2/F# F#dim D#
I let the music speak, leading me gently
G#2 G#m G#m+ Am
Urging me like a lover
C#m C#m/B D#/A# A7
Leading me all the way into a place
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E Am Am7
Where beauty will defeat the darkest day
[Pre-Chorus]
F# B
Where I'm one with every grand illusion
F# D# D#/A# D#/G G#m
No disturbance, no intrusion
F# B
Where I let the wistful sounds seduce me
A A/E
I let them use me
A11
(All illusion, no disturbance, no intrusion)
G#m D#4 D#
[Chorus]
G#m G#m+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
G#m G#m/F# E D# G#m
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
G#m G#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
G#m G#m/F# E D# G#m G#m7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
G#m G#2 G#m x2 F#dim D#4 D#
[Chorus]
G#m G#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
G#m G#m/F# E D# G#m G#m7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Outro]
F# B
Let it be the joy of each new sunrise
F# D#/G D# G#m
Or the moment when the day dies
F# B
I surrender without reservation
B7/A
No explanations
E9/G# E/G#
No questions why
C#m G#/C# C#m7 D#7
I take it to me and let it flow through me
C#m B
Yes, I let the music speak
E F# F#4 B
I let the music speak