Intro
F2
[Verse 1]
F2 F2/D# F#dim C
I'm hearing images, I'm seeing songs
F2 Fm Fm+ Am
No poet has ever painted
A#m A#m/G# C/G Gb7
Voices call out to me, straight to my heart
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
So strange, yet we're so well acquainted
F2 F2/D# F#dim C
I let the music speak, with no restraints
F2 Fm Fm+ Am
I let my feelings take over
A#m A#m/G# C/G Gb7
Carry my soul away into the world
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E Am Am7
Where beauty meets the darkness of the day
[Pre-Chorus]
D# G#
Where my mind is like an open window
D# C C/G C/E Fm
Where the high and healing winds blow
D# G#
From my shallow sleep, the sounds awake me
Gb Gb/C#
I let them take me
Bb11+
(Let them wake me, let them now, let them take me)
Fm C4 C
[Chorus]
Fm Fm+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
Fm Fm/D# C# C Fm
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
Fm Fm+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
Fm Fm/D# C# F Fm
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
Fm F2 Fm x2 F#dim C4 C
[Verse 2]
F2 F2/D# F#dim C
Some streets are emptiness, dry leaves of autumn
F2 Fm Fm+ Am
Rustling down an old alley
A#m A#m/G# C/G Gb7
And in the dead of night, I find myself
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
F blind man in some ancient valley
F2 F2/D# F#dim C
I let the music speak, leading me gently
F2 Fm Fm+ Am
Urging me like a lover
A#m A#m/G# C/G Gb7
Leading me all the way into a place
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E Am Am7
Where beauty will defeat the darkest day
[Pre-Chorus]
D# G#
Where I'm one with every grand illusion
D# C C/G C/E Fm
No disturbance, no intrusion
D# G#
Where I let the wistful sounds seduce me
Gb Gb/C#
I let them use me
Gb11
(All illusion, no disturbance, no intrusion)
Fm C4 C
[Chorus]
Fm Fm+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
Fm Fm/D# C# C Fm
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
Fm Fm+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
Fm Fm/D# C# C Fm Fm7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
Fm F2 Fm x2 F#dim C4 C
[Chorus]
Fm Fm+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
Fm Fm/D# C# C Fm Fm7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Outro]
D# G#
Let it be the joy of each new sunrise
D# C/E C Fm
Or the moment when the day dies
D# G#
I surrender without reservation
G#7/Gb
No explanations
C#9/F C#/F
No questions why
A#m F/A# A#m7 C7
I take it to me and let it flow through me
A#m G#
Yes, I let the music speak
C# D# D#4 G#
I let the music speak