Escrita por Paul McCartney mas creditada à dupla Lennon/McCartmey,
foi gravada em 31 de janeiro de 1969 e lançada em 6 de março de
1970.
Paul disse que a idéia sobre Let it be surgiu depois de sonhar com a
mãe, durante um período tenso de gravações com os Beatles. O nome
da mãe dele era Mary e morreu de cancer quando Paul tinha 14 anos.
É a canção número 20 das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos
da revista Rolling Stone. Paul cantou, fez backing vocals, tocou
piano, maracas, piano elétrico e baixo. John fez backing vocals.
George Harrison tocou guitarra solo e fez backing vocals. Ringo tocou
bateria. Linda McCartney fez backing vocals e Billy Preston tocou
orgao Hammond.
Chegou ao número 1 nos Estados Unidos e número 2 no Reino Unido.
Com Let it be, os Beatles completaram 7 anos consecutivos chegando ao
número 1 nos Estados Unidos, um record só comparado naquela época
com Elvis Presley. Como compositores, Lennon e McCartney chegaram ao
numero 1 por 7 anos consecutivos, um record de todos os tempos.
Foi regravada por Aretha Franklin, Ike and Tina Turner, Joan Baez,
John Denver, Nick Cave, entre outros artistas.
A letra:
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to
me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be,
let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
And when the
broken-hearted people living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
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
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
Let it be, let it be,
let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
And when the night is
cloudy there is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Shine until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, 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
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
There will be an answer, 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
A versão dos Beatles:
A versão de Aretha
Franklin:
A versão de Joan Baez:
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