I Let the Music Speak

Intro: 0:00
Am  - x8

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

Pre-chorus 1: 1:00
  G/B     G
Where my mind is like an
C
Open window,
  G/B      E/G#
Where the high and healing
 E7     Am
Winds blow.
1:13
  G/B     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 | E

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

Instrumental: 1:55
Am  - x4
F#dim | Am/E E

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

Pre-chorus 2: 3:08
  G/B     G
Where I'm one with every
  C
Grand illusion,
 G/B   E/G#
No disturbance, no
E7       Am
  Intrusion.
3:21
  G/B    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 | E

[Chorus] 3:39 3:51

Instrumental: 4:03
Am F/A | Am F/A
Am Am/G F E7 | Am

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

Coda: 4:27
 G      G/B
Let it be the joy
   C         C/G
Of each new sunrise
G       E/G#
Or the moment when
     E7  Am
The day dies.
4:39
G     G/B
I surrender without
 C
Reservation.
 C/A#
No explanations.
 F/A
No questions why.
4:55
Dm         A
I take it to me and
 Dm            E
Let it flow through me,
 Am  Dm6        C/E
Yes, I let the music speak
F          G7     C!!
I let the music speak.