I Let the Music Speak

Intro: 0:00
Am  - x8

Verse 1: 0:11
Am          Am
I'm hearing images,
B7          E7
I'm seeing songs
    Am            F   Am
No poet has ever painted.
0:23
 Dm
Voices call out to me
   E7           A#7
Straight to my heart,
 A7   Dm
So strange, yet we're
    D7      E
So well acquainted.
0:34
Am         Am
I let the music speak
 B7          E7
With no restraints,
   Am                  F Am
I let my feelings take over.
0:45
 Dm
Carry my soul away
E7        A#7
Into the world
  A7     Dm
Where beauty meets
     D7      E       Am
The darkness of the day.

Pre-chorus 1: 1:00
  G
Where my mind is like an
C
Open window,
  G        E
Where the high and healing
 E7     Am
Winds blow.
1:13
  G
From my shallow sleep
     C
The sounds awake me.
A#
I let them take me.
           A#
(Let them wake me,
          A#            A#
Let them now, let them take me)

Instrumental: 1:25
Am | E

Chorus: 1:31
             Am
Let it be a joke,
F               Am
  Let it be a smile,
F              Am
  Let it be a farce
Am              F
If it makes me laugh
 E7           Am
For a little while.
1:43
             Am
Let it be a tear,
F              Am
  Let it be a sigh
F                Am
  Coming from a heart,
  Am           F
Speaking to a heart,
 E7           Am
Let it be a cry.

Instrumental: 1:55
Am  - x4
F7 | Am E

Verse 2: 2:21
 Am              Am
Some streets are emptiness,
 B7           E7
Dry leaves of autumn
 Am                  F  Am
Rustling down an old alley.
2:32
Dm
And in the dead of night
E7        A#7
I find myself
A7  Dm
A blind man in
     D7       E
Some ancient valley.
2:43
Am         Am
I let the music speak
 B7         E7
Leading me gently,
Am                F Am
Urging me like a lover.
2:54
 Dm
Leading me all the way
E7       A#7
Into a place
  A7     Dm
Where beauty will
   D7       E       Am
Defeat the darkest day.

Pre-chorus 2: 3:08
  G
Where I'm one with every
  C
Grand illusion,
 G     E
No disturbance, no
E7       Am
  Intrusion.
3:21
  G
Where I let the wistful
 C
Sounds seduce me.
A#
I let them use me.
        A#
(All illusion,
       A#              A#
No disturbance, no intrusion)

Instrumental: 3:33
Am | E

[Chorus] 3:39 3:51

Instrumental: 4:03
Am F | Am F
Am F:E7 | Am

Chorus: 4:14
             Am
Let it be a tear,
F              Am
  Let it be a sigh
F                Am
  Coming from a heart,
  Am           F
Speaking to a heart,
 E7           Am
Let it be a cry.

Coda: 4:27
 G      G
Let it be the joy
   C
Of each new sunrise
G       E
Or the moment when
     E7  Am
The day dies.
4:39
G
I surrender without
 C
Reservation.
 C
No explanations.
 F
No questions why.
4:55
Dm         A
I take it to me and
 Dm            E
Let it flow through me,
 Am  Dm         C
Yes, I let the music speak
F          G7     C!!
I let the music speak.