Intro
F#2
[Verse 1]
F#2 F#2/E F#dim C#
I'm hearing images, I'm seeing songs
F#2 F#m F#m+ Am
No poet has ever painted
Bm Bm/A C#/G# G7
Voices call out to me, straight to my heart
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
So strange, yet we're so well acquainted
F#2 F#2/E F#dim C#
I let the music speak, with no restraints
F#2 F#m F#m+ Am
I let my feelings take over
Bm Bm/A C#/G# G7
Carry my soul away into the world
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E Am Am7
Where beauty meets the darkness of the day
[Pre-Chorus]
E A
Where my mind is like an open window
E C# C#/G# C#/F F#m
Where the high and healing winds blow
E A
From my shallow sleep, the sounds awake me
G G/D
I let them take me
Bb11+
(Let them wake me, let them now, let them take me)
F#m C#4 C#
[Chorus]
F#m F#m+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
F#m F#m/E D C# F#m
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
F#m F#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
F#m F#m/E D F# F#m
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
F#m F#2 F#m x2 F#dim C#4 C#
[Verse 2]
F#2 F#2/E F#dim C#
Some streets are emptiness, dry leaves of autumn
F#2 F#m F#m+ Am
Rustling down an old alley
Bm Bm/A C#/G# G7
And in the dead of night, I find myself
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
F# blind man in some ancient valley
F#2 F#2/E F#dim C#
I let the music speak, leading me gently
F#2 F#m F#m+ Am
Urging me like a lover
Bm Bm/A C#/G# G7
Leading me all the way into a place
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E Am Am7
Where beauty will defeat the darkest day
[Pre-Chorus]
E A
Where I'm one with every grand illusion
E C# C#/G# C#/F F#m
No disturbance, no intrusion
E A
Where I let the wistful sounds seduce me
G G/D
I let them use me
G11
(All illusion, no disturbance, no intrusion)
F#m C#4 C#
[Chorus]
F#m F#m+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
F#m F#m/E D C# F#m
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
F#m F#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
F#m F#m/E D C# F#m F#m7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
F#m F#2 F#m x2 F#dim C#4 C#
[Chorus]
F#m F#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
F#m F#m/E D C# F#m F#m7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Outro]
E A
Let it be the joy of each new sunrise
E C#/F C# F#m
Or the moment when the day dies
E A
I surrender without reservation
A7/G
No explanations
D9/F# D/F#
No questions why
Bm F#/B Bm7 C#7
I take it to me and let it flow through me
Bm A
Yes, I let the music speak
D E E4 A
I let the music speak