Let It Be Me -------Everly Brothers, 1960
Music by G.Becaud, lyrics P.Delanoe 1955.
English lyrics by Mann Curtis
Key of C
Intro: C G7 F Em G7
Verses 1,2 :
[C] I bless the [G7] day I found you, [Am] I want to stay a-round you;
[F] And so I [C] beg you, [F] Let [F/G] It Be [C] Me.
[C] Don't take this [G7] hea- ven from one,[Am] If you must cling to some-one;
[F] Now and for [C]-ev- er,[F] Let [F/G] It Be [C] Me.
Bridge:
[F] Each time we meet, love, [F]I find comp-[C]lete love;
[F] With-out your [C] sweet love, [F] what would life [E7]be ?... [G7]
Verse 3:
[C] So nev-er [G7] leave me lone-ly, [Am] Tell me you love me on-ly;
[F] And that you'll [C]al – ways,[F] Let [F/G] It Be [C] Me.
Instrumental break over one verse:
Repeat Bridge and Verse 3:
Coda:
[F] And that you'll [C]al–ways,[F] Let [F/G] It Be [C] Me.
Alternate Coda line (Glen Campbell version):
[F] Now and for- [C] ev- er, [F/G] Let It Be [Ab] Me ...[Bb]...[C]
"A child of five could understand this...send someone to fetch a child of five !"--Groucho Marx
One of the wife's favourite songs - I'll have to learn this! Just had a quick run-through, seems pretty straightforward...... except....how are you playing the F/G chord? Only way I can figure it out is to play 333211, with my thumb fretting the G bass note on the bottom string. Doesn't sound too bad substituting a G chord instead though....
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
You're right Vic..... substituting the G for the F/G is fine....G7 preferred, as a "go-home", because the F note gets retained.
Glad you like the song...it is a real classic piece.
I'm a bit unorthodox as far as some of my "self taught fingerings" that go back 44-odd years.
For my F in this song, I use my thumb over the sixth string, and finger as 1 3 3 2 1 1 (T P R M I I )...I pick the sixth string then strum the other five.
For the F/G, I use my pinky on the fifth and sixth strings in the third fret, and finger as 3 3 3 2 1 1 ( P P R M I I )
Everyone's pinky isn't necessarily large enough to do this....so another way is leaving out the fifth string... 3 x 3 2 1 1
( P x R M I I ), where I would pick the sixth string then strum the other four.
Cheers.
"A child of five could understand this...send someone to fetch a child of five !"--Groucho Marx
