Let It Be - The Beatles

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The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)


1. Two of Us (Lennon/McCartney)

[Intro] (speak)
    /    /    /

[Verse 1]
             
Two of us ridi

              
ng nowhere, sp

              
ending someone

      
's, hard - ear

    
ned pay.
             
You and me Sun

              
day driving, n

             
ot arriving, o

     
n    our way b

    
ack home.

[Chorus]
            
  We're on our

     
 way home,
            
  we're on our

     
 way home,
             
  we're going 


home.

[Break]
  /  /  /

[Verse 2]
             
Two of us send

              
ing postcards,

              
 writing lette

      
rs, on     my 

 
 wall.
             
You and me bur

              
ning matches, 

              
lifting latche

     
s, on    our w

       
ay back home.

[Chorus]
            
  We're on our

     
 way home,
            
  we're on our

     
 way home,
             
  we're going 


home.

[Bridge]
            
You and I have

 
 memories,
           
Longer than th

            
e road that st

           
retches out ah

     
ead.

[Verse 3]
             
Two of us wear

              
ing raincoats,

              
 standing solo

    
, in    the su

n.
             
You and me cha

              
sing paper, ge

              
tting nowhere,

    
 on    our way

      
 back home.

[Chorus]
            
  We're on our

     
 way home,
            
  we're on our

     
 way home,
             
  we're going 


home.

[Bridge]
            
You and I have

 
 memories,
           
Longer than th

            
e road that st

           
retches out ah

     
ead.

[Verse 4]
             
Two of us wear

              
ing raincoats,

              
 standing solo

    
, in    the su

n.
             
You and me cha

              
sing paper, ge

              
tting nowhere,

    
 on    our way

      
 back home.

[Chorus]
            
  We're on our

     
 way home,
            
  we're on our

     
 way home,
             
  we're going 


home.

[Outro]

(Repeat and fa

de)



2. Dig a Pony (Lennon/McCartney)

[Intro]
            /                /

[Verse 1]
          
I,   hi hi,  h

           
i hi,      dig

   
 a pony.
              
Well, you can 

           
celebrate anyt

         
hing you want.
           
Yes, you can c

            
elebrate anyth

             
ing you want. 

       /
        Oh,

[Verse 2]
          
I,   hi hi,  h

           
i hi,      do 

    
the road hog.
              
Well, you can 

           
penetrate any 

          
place you go.
           
Yes, you can p

             
enetrate any p

           
lace you go.  

      /
      I told y

ou so,

[Chorus]
            
All  I want is

       /
 you.
             
Ev'rything has

             
 got to be jus

              
t like you wan

     
t it to.      

    Because,

[Verse 3]
          
I,   hi hi,  h

           
i hi,      pic

    
k a moon dog.
              
Well, you can 

           
radiate ev’ryt

         
hing you are.
           
Yes, you can r

            
adiate ev’ryth

            
ing you are.  

        /
        Oh now

,

[Verse 4]
          
I,   hi hi,  h

           
i hi,      rol

    
l a stoney.
              
Well, you can 

           
imitate ev’ryo

       
ne you know.
           
Yes, you can i

            
mitate ev’ryon

            
e you know.   

        /
        I told

 you so,

[Chorus]
            
All  I want is

       /
 you.
             
Ev'rything has

             
 got to be jus

              
t like you wan

     
t it to.      

      Because,

[Break]
                 /        /         /Oh now,

[Verse 5]
          
I,   hi hi,  h

           
i hi,      fee

      
l the wind blo

w.
              
Well, you can 

           
indicate ev’ry

          
thing you see.
           
Yes, you can i

            
ndicate anythi

            
ng you see.   

       /
       Oh now,

[Verse 6]
          
I,   hi hi,  h

           
i hi,        c

        
old and lonely

.
              
Well, you can 

           
syndicate any 


boat you row.
           
Yes, you can s

            
yndicate any b

            
oat you row.  

        /
        I told

 you so,

[Chorus]
            
All  I want is

       /
 you.
             
Ev'rything has

             
 got to be jus

              
t like you wan

     
t it to.      

       Because

.

[Outro]
            /                /



3. Across The Universe (Lennon/McCartney) (Album version - 442 Hz)

[Intro]
          

[Verse 1]
            
Words are flow

           
ing out like e

       
ndless rain in

to a paper cup

,
          
They slither w

              
hile they pass

             
, they slip aw

             
ay across the 

   
Universe.
            
Pools of sorro

           
w, waves of jo

      
y are drifting

 through my op

en mind,
          
Possessing and

   
 caressing me.

[Chorus]
            
Jai Guru Deva.

    
    Om.
              
Nothing's gonn

              
a change my wo

            
rld,    nothin

              
g's gonna chan

      
ge my world.
           
Nothing's gonn

              
a change my wo

            
rld,    nothin

              
g's gonna chan

      
ge my world.

[Verse 2]
           
Images of brok

              
en light which

            
 dance before 

              
me like a mill

    
ion eyes,
              
They call me o

            
n and on acros

         
s the Universe

.
            
Thoughts meand

           
er like a rest

     
less wind insi

de a letterbox

,
          
They tumble bl

              
indly as they 

            
make their way

              
 across the Un

 
iverse

[Chorus]
            
Jai Guru Deva.

    
    Om.
              
Nothing's gonn

              
a change my wo

            
rld,    nothin

              
g's gonna chan

      
ge my world.
           
Nothing's gonn

              
a change my wo

            
rld,    nothin

              
g's gonna chan

      
ge my world.

[Verse 3]
              
Sounds of laug

           
hter, shades o

            
f earth are ri

nging through 

my opened ears

,
          
Inciting and i

 
nviting me.
           
Limitless, und

            
ying love whic

            
h shines aroun

              
d me like a mi

      
llion suns,
              
It calls me on

            
 and on across

        
 the Universe.

[Chorus]
            
Jai Guru Deva.

    
    Om.
              
Nothing's gonn

              
a change my wo

            
rld,    nothin

              
g's gonna chan

      
ge my world.
           
Nothing's gonn

              
a change my wo

            
rld,    nothin

              
g's gonna chan

      
ge my world.

[Outro]

Jai Guru Deva.

(Repeat and fade)



4. I Me Mine (Harrison)

[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]
           
All through th

           
e day, I me mi

            
ne, I me mine,

      
 I me mine.
           
All through th

            
e night, I me 

           
mine, I me min

        
e, I me mine.

[Pre-Chorus]
            
Now they're fr

           
ightened of le

           
aving it, ever

       
yone's weaving

 it,
        
Coming on stro

           
ng all the tim

  
e.
      
All   through 

        
the day,      

       
I, me, mine.

[Chorus]
            
  I me me mine

 
,  I me me min

e.
            
  I me me mine

            
,  I me me min

    
e.

[Verse 2]
         
All I can hear

             
, I me mine, I

            
 me mine, I me

 
 mine.
         
Even those tea

             
rs, I me mine,

            
 I me mine, I 

   
me mine.

[Pre-Chorus]
           
No-one's frigh

            
tened of playi

           
ng it, everyon

    
e's saying it.
           
Flowing more f

        
reely than win

  
e.
      
All   through 

        
the day,      

       
I, me, mine.

[Chorus]
            
  I me me mine

 
,  I me me min

e.
            
  I me me mine

            
,  I me me min

    
e.

[Verse 3]
         
All I can hear

             
, I me mine, I

            
 me mine, I me

 
 mine.
         
Even those tea

             
rs, I me mine,

            
 I me mine, I 

   
me mine.

[Pre-Chorus]
           
No-one's frigh

            
tened of playi

           
ng it, everyon

    
e's saying it.
           
Flowing more f

        
reely than win

  
e.

[Outro]
      
         All  

        
 through your 

        
life,      I, 

me, mine.

Ammaj7:  x02110



5. Dig It (Lennon/McCartney)

           
Like a rolling

          
 stone.
           
Like a rolling

          
 stone.
           
Like a rolling

          
 stone.
           
Like the F  B 

          
 I.
           
And the C  I  

    
A.
           
And the B  B  

     
C.
        
B.B. King,    

          
      and Dori

         
s Day.
         
Matt Busby. Di

           
g it, dig it, 

      
dig it, dig it

.
            
Dig it, dig it

           
, dig it, dig 

    
it, dig it, di

g it.
           
Dig it, dig it

  
, dig it, dig 

it.

(Fade out)



6. Let It Be (Lennon/McCartney)

[Intro]
               

[Verse 1]
             
When I find my

             
self in times 

            
of trouble, Mo

        
ther Mary  com

    
es to me.
             
Speaking words

             
 of wisdom, le

         
t it be.
              
And in my hour

             
 of darkness, 

            
she is standin

         
g right in  fr

    
ont of me.
             
Speaking words

             
 of wisdom, le

         
t it be.

[Chorus]
            
Let it be, let

           
 it be, let it

            
 be, let it be

.
             
Whisper words 

             
of wisdom, let

        
 it be.

[Verse 2]
             
And when the b

             
roken-hearted 

            
people, living

      
 in the world 

 
agree.
             
There will be 

             
an answer, let

        
 it be.
              
For though the

             
y may be parte

            
d, there is st

             
ill a chance t

/       
hat they will 


see.
             
There will be 

             
an answer, let

        
 it be.

[Chorus]
         
Let it be, let

           
 it be, let it

            
 be, let it be

. Yeah,
             
There will be 

             
an answer, let

        
 it be.
         
Let it be, let

           
 it be, let it

            
 be, let it be

.
             
Whisper words 

             
of wisdom, let

        
 it be.

[Break]
        
        

[Guitar Solo]
               
               

[Chorus]
         
Let it be, let

           
 it be, let it

             
 be, yeah let 

    
it be.
             
Whisper words 

             
of wisdom, let

        
 it be.

[Verse 3]
             
And when the n

             
ight is cloudy

            
, there is sti

           
ll a light tha

       
t shines on me

.
             
Shine until to

             
morrow, let it

     
 be.
             
I wake up to t

             
he sound of mu

            
sic, Mother Ma

     
ry  comes to m


e.
             
Speaking words

             
 of wisdom, le

        
t it be.      

 
  Yeah,

[Chorus]
         
Let it be, let

           
 it be, let it

             
 be, yeah let 

    
it be.
             
Well, there wi

             
ll be an answe

              
r, let it be.
         
Let it be, let

           
 it be, let it

             
 be, yeah let 

    
it be.
             
There will be 

             
an answer, let

        
 it be.
         
Let it be, let

           
 it be, let it

             
 be, yeah let 

    
it be.
             
Whisper words 

             
of wisdom, let

        
 it be.

[Outro]
        



7. Maggie Mae (Traditional)

[Intro]


    
Oh, dirty Magg

ie Mae,
          
They have take

n her away,
              
And she'll nev

              
er walk down L

              
ime Street any

 
 more.
        
Oh, the judge 

he guilty foun

d her,
   
Of robbing the

 home-ward bou

nder,
            
That dirty, no

              
 good robbin' 

       
Maggie Mae.
         
'Tis the part 

of Liverpool,

She returned m

e to,
              
Two pound ten 

            
a week that wa

     
s my pay.



8. I've Got a Feeling (Lennon/McCartney)

[Intro]
            

[Verse 1]
             
  I've got a f

            
eeling, a feel

           
ing deep insid

e.
            
Oh yeah,     o

             
h yeah. (That'

  
s right.)
            
  I've got a f

             
eeling, a feel

            
ing I can't hi

de.
            
Oh no, no.    

            
 Oh no,    oh 


no.

[Chorus]
           
Yeah,    yeah.

              
    I've got a

             
 feeling. Yeah

             
.

[Verse 2]
             
  Oh, please b

             
elieve me, I'd

             
 hate to miss 

    
the train.
             
Oh yeah, yeah,

                  
    oh yeah.
            
  And if you l

             
eave me, I won

            
't be late aga

in.
            
Oh no,     oh 

         
no,     oh no.

[Chorus]
            
Yeah,    yeah.

             
     I've got 

             
a feeling. Yea

            
h.          I’

              
ve got a feeli

    
ng.

[Bridge]
            
All these year

              
s I've been wa

              
ndering around

  
, wondering ho

w come nobody 

told me.
            
All that I was

              
 looking for w

              
as somebody wh

              
o looked like 


you.

[Verse 3]
             
  I've got a f

            
eeling, that k

              
eeps me on my 


toes.
             
Oh yeah.      

           
   Oh yeah.
             
  I've got a f

             
eeling, I thin

             
k that everybo

   
dy knows.
            
Oh yeah,      

            
oh yeah,    oh

 
 yeah.

[Chorus]
           
Yeah,   yeah. 

              
    I've got a

            
 feeling.  Yea

          
h.

[New Verse]
             
  Ev'rybody ha

             
d a hard year.

             
    Ev'rybody 

      
had a good tim

e.
             
  Ev'rybody ha

             
d a wet dream.

             
    Ev'rybody 

        
saw the sunshi

ne.
            
Oh yeah, oh ye

              
ah, oh yeah.
             
  Ev'rybody ha

             
d a good year.

             
    Ev'rybody 

          
let their hair

 down.
             
  Ev'rybody pu

             
lled their soc

             
ks up.    Ev'r

              
ybody put thei

  
r foot down.
            
Oh yeah, yeah.

            
              

            
              

            
              

 
   WooooHoo.

[Verse 4]
             
   I've got a 

             
feeling,      

             
a feeling   de

      
ep  inside.  O

h yeah.
 (Ev'rybody had a good year.    Ev'rybody had a hard time.)
             
              

             
           Oh 

                     
yeah.
(Ev'rybody had a wet dream.    Ev'rybody saw the sunshine.)
             
   I've got a 

             
feeling,      

             
a feeling   I 

          
  can't   hide

. Oh no.
 (Ev'rybody had a good year.    Ev'rybody let their hair down.)
             
              

             
             O

                             
h no no.
 (Ev'rybody pulled their socks up.    Ev'rybody put their foot down.)

[Outro]
            
Oh yeah, yeah.

              
 I've got a fe

              
eling, I've go

              
t a feeling, I

              
've got a feel

     
ing, yeah.



9. One After 909 (Lennon/McCartney)

[Intro]
   /   /   /   /   /

[Verse 1]
   
My baby said s

he's travellin

g on the one a

fter 9 0 9.

I said move over honey, I'm travelling on that line.
            
I said move ov

         
er once, move 

over twice,

C'mon baby, do

n't be cold as

 ice.
            
Said she's tra

              
velling on the

           
 one after 9 0

 
 9.

[Verse 2]
  
I begged her n

ot to go, and 

I begged her o

n my bended kn

ee.

You're only fooling round, only fooling round with me.
            
I said move ov

         
er once, move 

over twice.

C'mon baby, do

n't be cold as

 ice.
            
Said you’re tr

              
avelling on th

           
e one after 9 

  
0 9.

[Chorus]
            
Picked up my b

     
ags,    run to

 the station.
           
Rail man said,

             
 you got the w

#
rong location.
            
Picked up the 

      
bags, run righ

t home.
           
Then I find, I

         
 got the numbe

r wrong.    We

ll,

[Verse 3]

Said she's tra

velling on the

 one after 9 0

 9.

Move over honey, I'm travelling on that line.
            
I said move ov

         
er once, move 

over twice.

C'mon baby, do

n't be cold as

 ice.
            
Said you’re tr

              
avelling on th

           
e one after 9 

  
0 9.

[Break]
  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
           /        /

[Chorus]
            
Picked up my b

     
ags,    run to

 the station.
           
Rail man said,

             
 you got the w

#
rong location.

   Well,
            
Picked up the 

      
bags, run righ

t home.
           
Then I find, I

         
 got the numbe

r wrong.    We

ll.

[Verse 4]

Said she's tra

velling on the

 one after 9 0

 9.

Said move over honey, travelling on that line.
            
I said move ov

          
er once, move 

over twice.

C'mon baby, do

n't be cold as

 ice.
            
Said I'm trave

             
lling on the o

#
ne after 9 0.
            
She said she's

              
 travelling on

     
 the one after

 9 0.
            
Said I'm trave

             
lling on the o

#           
ne after 9 0 9

      
.



10. The Long and Winding Road (Lennon/McCartney)

[Verse 1]
       
The long and w

         
inding road,  

      
 that leads  t

     
o your door,
     
   Will never 

         
disappear.    

           
     I've seen

          
 that road bef

  
ore.
         
  It always le

          
ads me here,  

          
        lead m

       
e to your door

.

[Verse 2]
       
The wild and w

        
indy night, th

       
at the rain  w

     
ashed away,
     
   Has left a 

           
pool of tears,

         
         cryin

         
g for the day.
         
  Why leave me

            
 standing here

        
?          Let

          
 me know the w


ay.

[Chorus]
         
Many times I'v

            
e been alone a

            
nd many times 

      
I've cried.
         
Anyway you'll 

            
never know the

            
 many ways I'v

   
e tried.

[Verse 3]
        
But still they

         
 lead me back,

      
  to the long 

     
winding road.
     
   You left me

            
 standing here

       
,          a l

            
ong, long time

    
 ago.
         
  Don’t leave 

            
me waiting her

        
e,         lea

          
d me to your d


oor.

[Break]
          
          

[Verse 4]
        
But still they

         
 lead me back,

      
  to the long 

     
winding road.
     
   You left me

            
 standing here

       
,          a l

            
ong, long time

    
 ago.
         
  Don’t keep m

            
e waiting here

        
,         lead

         
 me to your do

  
or.
       
     Yeah, yea

        
h yeah, yeah.

Eb7sus4: 666699    Eb7: 668889    Bb9sus4: x66544



11. For You Blue (Harrison)

[Intro]
                /

[Verse 1]
            
Because you're

            
 sweet and lov

             
ely, girl, I l


ove you.
            
Because you're

              
 sweet and lov

              
ely, girl, it'

  
s true.
            
I love you mor

            
e than ever, g

                  
irl, I do.

[Chorus]
            
I want you in 

            
the morning, g

       
irl, I love yo

u.
            
I want you at 

              
the moment I f

    
eel blue.
            
I'm living eve

            
ry moment, gir

                  
l, for you.

[Break]
        
              

 /      /   
      (Bop   b

         /
op cat bop.   

Go, Johnny, go

.)
        
        (Same 

              
old twelve bar


 blues.)
       /
        (Elmor

     /    
e James got no

              
thin' on this,

/
 baby.)
      

[Verse 2]
            
I've loved you

            
 from the mome

     
nt, I saw you.
            
You looked at 

              
me, that's all

            
 you had to do

.
            
I feel it now,

            
 I hope you fe

                 
el it too.

[Chorus]
            
Because you're

            
 sweet and lov

             
ely, girl, I l


ove you.
            
Because you're

              
 sweet and lov

              
ely, girl, it'

  
s true.
            
I love you mor

            
e than ever, g

            
irl, I do.    

           
  Rhythm and b


lues.



12. Get Back (Lennon/McCartney) (Album version)

[Intro]
  /  /  /  

[Verse 1]
             
Jojo was a man

     
 who thought h

e was a loner,
            
But he knew it

          
 couldn't last

.
             
Jojo left his 

        
home in Tuscon

, Arizona,
            
For some Calif

      
ornia grass.

[Chorus]
           
Get back,  get

         
 back,  get ba

              
ck to where yo

             
u once belonge

 
d.
           
Get back,  get

         
 back,  get ba

              
ck to where yo

         
u once belonge

d. Get back Jo

jo.

[Solo]
  /       
              

   /        
              

           
   Go home    

         
              

Get back,

[Chorus]
           
Get back,     

            
    back to wh

              
ere you once b

          
elonged.   Get

 
 back,
           
Get back,     

            
    back to wh

              
ere you once b

 
elonged.   Get

 back Jo.

[Break]
                           

[Verse 2]
             
Sweet Loretta 

       
Martin thought

 she was a wom

an,
            
But she was an

      
other man.
             
All the girls 

           
around her sai

d she's got it

 comin',
            
But she gets i

            
t while she ca

n.

[Chorus]
           
Get back,  get

         
 back,  get ba

              
ck to where yo

             
u once belonge

 
d.
           
Get back,  get

         
 back,  get ba

              
ck to where yo

         
u once belonge

d.

Get back Loret

ta.

[Break]
  /       
              

   /      
              

         
          Go h

 
ome. Get back,

[Chorus]
           
Get back,     

            
get back to wh

              
ere you once b

           
elonged.      

     
Get back,
           
Get back,     

            
get back to wh

              
ere you once b

 
elonged.   Get

 back,  ooh!

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