ABBA – I Let The Music Speak (Guitar)

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[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/G#  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/G# 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/G#            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