# Let It Be – The Beatles: piano chords

Let It Be by The Beatles uses 6 chords in C major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Am7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [F/C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [Dm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm)

## Chord sheet

- Verse 1: C Am7 F/C G Em Am7 F/C G C Am7 F/C C Dm G
- Chorus 1: C G C Em Am7 F/C G C G C F/C C Dm Am7 F/C C F/C G C
- Verse 2: Am7 F/C G Em Am7 F/C G C Am7 F/C C Dm G

## Questions

### Which chords does Let It Be by The Beatles use?

Different chords: 6. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Let It Be by The Beatles in?

The chords fit C major. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is Let It Be to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (6), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

[Practice this song](https://pianokitty.com/app?subject=songs&spec=%3Cverse_1%3E+C+Am7+F%2FC+G+Em+Am7+F%2FC+G+C+Am7+F%2FC+C+Dm+G+%3Cchorus_1%3E+C+G+C+Em+Am7+F%2FC+G+C+G+C+F%2FC+C+Dm+Am7+F%2FC+C+F%2FC+G+C+%3Cverse_2%3E+Am7+F%2FC+G+Em+Am7+F%2FC+G+C+Am7+F%2FC+C+Dm+G&seq=inOrder&title=The+Beatles+-+Let+It+Be)

[Piano chords for popular songs](https://pianokitty.com/songs/browse)

Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

https://pianokitty.com/songs/the-beatles/let-it-be