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Let It Be

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Let It Be

Below you will find the unplugged chords that I use to play the 1970 Beatles' number one piano hit Let It Be. Our unique "Unplugged" arrangements are created for one acoustic guitar and one voice. I play the song slowly in 4/4 time. Notice that the opening verse and chorus progressions are clever displacements of the famous "I-VIm-IV-V" Doo-Wop changes. In the opening "C-G-Am-[G]-F verse progression, the second "G" chord is used as a passing chord played quickly just before the change to the "F" chord. For the intro, just play the first four bars of the verse progression. The The chord fingerings I use (in a Standard tuning) are as follows: C = x32010; G = 320003; Am = x02210; F = 133211; and C/B = x22010. The chords shown in brackets are passing chords.

F-C/E-G Sequence:

   F C/E  G  
e-------------|
B--1--1---0---|
G--2--0---0---|
D--3--2---0---|
A-------------|
E-------------|

Verse

C / G / Am [G] F / C / G / F [C/E G] C /

C / G / Am [G] F / C / G / F [C/E G] C C/B

Chorus

Am / G / F / C / C / G / F [C/E G] C /

Piano/Organ Interlude (Chord Melody):

   F C/E G7/D C Bb F/A       G  F  C
e-------------------------|------------|
B--1--1---0---1--3--1-----|--0--1--1---|
G--2--0---0---0--3--2-----|--0--2--0---|
D--3--2---0---2--3--3-----|--0--3--2---|
A-------------3--1--0-----|-----3--3---|
E-------------------------|--3--1------|
    
    F C/E G7/D C  Bb F/A     G  F  C
e---8--8---7---3--1---1---|-----------||
B--10--8---6---5--3---1---|--3--1--1--||
G--10--9---7---5--3---2---|--4--2--0--||
D-------------------------|--5--3--2--||
A-------------------------|--------3--||
E-------------------------|-----------||