Intro
D#2
[Verse 1]
D#2 D#2/C# F#dim A#
I'm hearing images, I'm seeing songs
D#2 D#m D#m+ Am
No poet has ever painted
G#m G#m/F# A#/F Fb7
Voices call out to me, straight to my heart
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
So strange, yet we're so well acquainted
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I let the music speak, with no restraints
D#2 D#m D#m+ Am
I let my feelings take over
G#m G#m/F# A#/F Fb7
Carry my soul away into the world
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E Am Am7
Where beauty meets the darkness of the day
[Pre-Chorus]
C# F#
Where my mind is like an open window
C# A# A#/F A#/D D#m
Where the high and healing winds blow
C# F#
From my shallow sleep, the sounds awake me
Fb Fb/B
I let them take me
Bb11+
(Let them wake me, let them now, let them take me)
D#m A#4 A#
[Chorus]
D#m D#m+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
D#m D#m/C# B A# D#m
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
D#m D#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
D#m D#m/C# B D# D#m
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
D#m D#2 D#m x2 F#dim A#4 A#
[Verse 2]
D#2 D#2/C# F#dim A#
Some streets are emptiness, dry leaves of autumn
D#2 D#m D#m+ Am
Rustling down an old alley
G#m G#m/F# A#/F Fb7
And in the dead of night, I find myself
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
D# blind man in some ancient valley
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I let the music speak, leading me gently
D#2 D#m D#m+ Am
Urging me like a lover
G#m G#m/F# A#/F Fb7
Leading me all the way into a place
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E Am Am7
Where beauty will defeat the darkest day
[Pre-Chorus]
C# F#
Where I'm one with every grand illusion
C# A# A#/F A#/D D#m
No disturbance, no intrusion
C# F#
Where I let the wistful sounds seduce me
Fb Fb/B
I let them use me
Fb11
(All illusion, no disturbance, no intrusion)
D#m A#4 A#
[Chorus]
D#m D#m+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
D#m D#m/C# B A# D#m
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
D#m D#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
D#m D#m/C# B A# D#m D#m7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
D#m D#2 D#m x2 F#dim A#4 A#
[Chorus]
D#m D#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
D#m D#m/C# B A# D#m D#m7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Outro]
C# F#
Let it be the joy of each new sunrise
C# A#/D A# D#m
Or the moment when the day dies
C# F#
I surrender without reservation
F#7/Fb
No explanations
B9/D# B/D#
No questions why
G#m D#/G# G#m7 A#7
I take it to me and let it flow through me
G#m F#
Yes, I let the music speak
B C# C#4 F#
I let the music speak