Intro
G2
[Verse 1]
G2 G2/F F#dim D
I'm hearing images, I'm seeing songs
G2 Gm Gm+ Am
No poet has ever painted
Cm Cm/A# D/A Ab7
Voices call out to me, straight to my heart
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
So strange, yet we're so well acquainted
G2 G2/F F#dim D
I let the music speak, with no restraints
G2 Gm Gm+ Am
I let my feelings take over
Cm Cm/A# D/A Ab7
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 A#
Where my mind is like an open window
F D D/A D/F# Gm
Where the high and healing winds blow
F A#
From my shallow sleep, the sounds awake me
Ab Ab/D#
I let them take me
Bb11+
(Let them wake me, let them now, let them take me)
Gm D4 D
[Chorus]
Gm Gm+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
Gm Gm/F D# D Gm
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
Gm Gm+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
Gm Gm/F D# G Gm
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
Gm G2 Gm x2 F#dim D4 D
[Verse 2]
G2 G2/F F#dim D
Some streets are emptiness, dry leaves of autumn
G2 Gm Gm+ Am
Rustling down an old alley
Cm Cm/A# D/A Ab7
And in the dead of night, I find myself
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
G blind man in some ancient valley
G2 G2/F F#dim D
I let the music speak, leading me gently
G2 Gm Gm+ Am
Urging me like a lover
Cm Cm/A# D/A Ab7
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 A#
Where I'm one with every grand illusion
F D D/A D/F# Gm
No disturbance, no intrusion
F A#
Where I let the wistful sounds seduce me
Ab Ab/D#
I let them use me
Ab11
(All illusion, no disturbance, no intrusion)
Gm D4 D
[Chorus]
Gm Gm+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
Gm Gm/F D# D Gm
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
Gm Gm+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
Gm Gm/F D# D Gm Gm7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
Gm G2 Gm x2 F#dim D4 D
[Chorus]
Gm Gm+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
Gm Gm/F D# D Gm Gm7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Outro]
F A#
Let it be the joy of each new sunrise
F D/F# D Gm
Or the moment when the day dies
F A#
I surrender without reservation
A#7/Ab
No explanations
D#9/G D#/G
No questions why
Cm G/C Cm7 D7
I take it to me and let it flow through me
Cm A#
Yes, I let the music speak
D# F F4 A#
I let the music speak