Capo
2
Difficulty
Beginner πΆ
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Intro:
Bm G D x4
Verse 1:
Bm G
Running my hands on twine for chord,
D
a timorous glance from mine to yours
Bm G D
"Make me a melody," I muttered mousily
Bm G
Speak your prose with none to please,
D
weigh your elbows on my knees
Bm G
As uttered several times before:
D
"Rhyme with your truth, ne'er to foreswore."
Pre-Chorus:
Bm G D
To be drawn to you is a kindness,
D
steadily strumming just to remind us
Spoken:
Bm G D
Give me a word!
D
perfect!
Chorus:
Bm G D
Hearken, hearken for a while,
Bm G D
Hearken, hearken for a while
Bm G
We could sway above the meadows
D
as our riddles rest beneath,
Bm G
As our verses hide away,
D
we could say, "Let it be."
Verse 2:
Bm G D
Does your heart, too, whistle a wonder?
D Bm
If the past is wed with the future,
Bm G
is the now a chance or a passage
D
only to be walked upon?
Bm G
And if that is what they are after,
D Bm
solely to foretell or to remember,
Bm G
it is us who are left above bedding,
D
borrowing breaths, bothered not by an ending
Bm
Pa, la, la, la,
G
Pa, la, la, la,
D
Pa, la, la, la, la, la
Bridge:
Bm G
Forget your voice,
D
forget your mind
Bm G
For when they find a way to wander,
D
we will let it all
Chorus:
Bm G D
Hearken, hearken for a while,
Bm G D
Hearken, hearken for a while
Bm G
We could sway above the meadows
D
as our riddles rest beneath,
Bm G
I will listen, I will listen,
D
I will let it be
N.C.:
I will-
Bm
Pa, la, la, la,
G
Pa, la, la, la,
D
Pa, la, la, la (2x)
Bm G
Pa, la, la, la, la, la,
G D
La, la, la, la
D
La, la, la, la
Chorus:
Bm G
Hearken, hearken,
D
Hearken, hearken,
Bm G D
Hearken, hearken for a while
Bm G
We could sway above the meadows
D
as our riddles rest beneath,
Bm G
As our verses hide away,
D
we could say, "Let it be "
Song History
Published: February 9, 2025
Last Updated: September 10, 2025