Intro
E2
[Verse 1]
E2 E2/D F#dim B
I'm hearing images, I'm seeing songs
E2 Em Em+ Am
No poet has ever painted
Am Am/G B/F# F7
Voices call out to me, straight to my heart
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
So strange, yet we're so well acquainted
E2 E2/D F#dim B
I let the music speak, with no restraints
E2 Em Em+ Am
I let my feelings take over
Am Am/G B/F# F7
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 B B/F# B/D# Em
Where the high and healing winds blow
D G
From my shallow sleep, the sounds awake me
F F/C
I let them take me
Bb11+
(Let them wake me, let them now, let them take me)
Em B4 B
[Chorus]
Em Em+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
Em Em/D C B Em
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
Em Em+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
Em Em/D C E Em
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
Em E2 Em x2 F#dim B4 B
[Verse 2]
E2 E2/D F#dim B
Some streets are emptiness, dry leaves of autumn
E2 Em Em+ Am
Rustling down an old alley
Am Am/G B/F# F7
And in the dead of night, I find myself
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
E blind man in some ancient valley
E2 E2/D F#dim B
I let the music speak, leading me gently
E2 Em Em+ Am
Urging me like a lover
Am Am/G B/F# F7
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 B B/F# B/D# Em
No disturbance, no intrusion
D G
Where I let the wistful sounds seduce me
F F/C
I let them use me
F11
(All illusion, no disturbance, no intrusion)
Em B4 B
[Chorus]
Em Em+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
Em Em/D C B Em
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
Em Em+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
Em Em/D C B Em Em7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
Em E2 Em x2 F#dim B4 B
[Chorus]
Em Em+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
Em Em/D C B Em Em7
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 B/D# B Em
Or the moment when the day dies
D G
I surrender without reservation
G7/F
No explanations
C9/E C/E
No questions why
Am E/A Am7 B7
I take it to me and let it flow through me
Am G
Yes, I let the music speak
C D D4 G
I let the music speak