[Intro]
A2
 
[Verse 1]
A2          A2/G    F#dim      E
I'm hearing images, I'm seeing songs
   A2   Am       Am+  Am
No poet has ever painted
Dm          Dm/C       E/B            Bb7
Voices call out to me, straight to my heart
   Dm           Dm/C     Ebdim  E
So strange, yet we're so well acquainted
 
A2        A2/G         F#dim    E
I let the music speak, with no restraints
  A2     Am           Am+ Am
I let my feelings take over
Dm       Dm/C      E/B      Bb7
Carry my soul away into the world
      Dm     Dm/C      Ebdim    E      Am   Am7
Where beauty meets the darkness of the day
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
G                        C
Where my mind is like an open window
G         E        E/B     E/Ab  Am
Where the high and healing winds blow
G                          C
From my shallow sleep, the sounds awake me
Bb         Bb/F
I let them take me
Bb11+
(Let them wake me, let them now, let them take me)
 
Am E4 E
 
[Chorus]
            Am  Am+           Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
            Am    Am/G           F     E            Am
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
            Am  Am+           Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
              Am     Am/G          F      A           Am
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
 
 
[Interlude]
Am A2 Am x2 F#dim E4 E
 
[Verse 2]
A2               A2/G       F#dim         E
Some streets are emptiness, dry leaves of autumn
A2       Am          Am+ Am
Rustling down an old alley
Dm         Dm/C          E/B       Bb7
And in the dead of night, I find myself
  Dm        Dm/C    Ebdim   E
A blind man in some ancient valley
 
A2        A2/G         F#dim      E
I let the music speak, leading me gently
A2     Am        Am+ Am
Urging me like a lover
Dm         Dm/C        E/B    Bb7
Leading me all the way into a place
      Dm     Dm/C    Ebdim   E       Am Am7
Where beauty will defeat the darkest day
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
G                        C
Where I'm one with every grand illusion
G    E         E/B   E/Ab Am
No disturbance, no intrusion
G                       C
Where I let the wistful sounds seduce me
Bb         Bb/F
I let them use me
Bb11
(All illusion, no disturbance, no intrusion)
 
Am E4 E
 
[Chorus]
            Am   Am+          Am
Let it be a joke, let it be a smile
            Am    Am/G           F     E            Am
Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while
            Am Am+            Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
              Am     Am/G          F      E           Am Am7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
 
 
[Interlude]
Am A2 Am x2 F#dim E4 E
 
[Chorus]
            Am  Am+           Am
Let it be a tear, let it be a sigh
              Am     Am/G          F      E          Am  Am7
Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry
 
 
[Outro]
G                    C
Let it be the joy of each new sunrise
G      E/Ab            E   Am
Or the moment when the day dies
G                   C
I surrender without reservation
C7/Bb
No explanations
F9/A         F/A
No questions why
Dm        A/D       Dm7         E7
I take it to me and let it flow through me
     Dm        C
Yes, I let the music speak
F         G  G4  C
I let the music speak