Intro
C#2
[Verse 1]
C#2 C#2/B F#dim G#
I'm hearing images, I'm seeing songs
C#2 C#m C#m+ Am
No poet has ever painted
F#m F#m/E G#/D# D7
Voices call out to me, straight to my heart
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
So strange, yet we're so well acquainted
C#2 C#2/B F#dim G#
I let the music speak, with no restraints
C#2 C#m C#m+ Am
I let my feelings take over
F#m F#m/E G#/D# D7
Carry my soul away into the world
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E Am Am7
Where beauty meets the darkness of the day
[Pre-Chorus]
B E
Where my mind is like an open window
B G# G#/D# G#/C C#m
Where the high and healing winds blow
B E
From my shallow sleep, the sounds awake me
D D/A
I let them take me
Bb11+
(Let them wake me, let them now, let them take me)
C#m G#4 G#
[Chorus]
C#m C#m+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
C#m C#m/B A G# C#m
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
C#m C#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
C#m C#m/B A C# C#m
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
C#m C#2 C#m x2 F#dim G#4 G#
[Verse 2]
C#2 C#2/B F#dim G#
Some streets are emptiness, dry leaves of autumn
C#2 C#m C#m+ Am
Rustling down an old alley
F#m F#m/E G#/D# D7
And in the dead of night, I find myself
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E
C# blind man in some ancient valley
C#2 C#2/B F#dim G#
I let the music speak, leading me gently
C#2 C#m C#m+ Am
Urging me like a lover
F#m F#m/E G#/D# D7
Leading me all the way into a place
Dm Dm/C Ebdim E Am Am7
Where beauty will defeat the darkest day
[Pre-Chorus]
B E
Where I'm one with every grand illusion
B G# G#/D# G#/C C#m
No disturbance, no intrusion
B E
Where I let the wistful sounds seduce me
D D/A
I let them use me
D11
(All illusion, no disturbance, no intrusion)
C#m G#4 G#
[Chorus]
C#m C#m+ Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
C#m C#m/B A G# C#m
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
C#m C#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
C#m C#m/B A G# C#m C#m7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Interlude]
C#m C#2 C#m x2 F#dim G#4 G#
[Chorus]
C#m C#m+ Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
C#m C#m/B A G# C#m C#m7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
[Outro]
B E
Let it be the joy of each new sunrise
B G#/C G# C#m
Or the moment when the day dies
B E
I surrender without reservation
E7/D
No explanations
A9/C# A/C#
No questions why
F#m C#/F# F#m7 G#7
I take it to me and let it flow through me
F#m E
Yes, I let the music speak
A B B4 E
I let the music speak