# Let It Be Me – The Everly Brothers: piano chords

Let It Be Me by The Everly Brothers uses 16 chords in G major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [D/F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [D#dim](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpdim), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Dsus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsus4), [D7](https://pianokitty.com/c/D7), [Bm/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [G/B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Am7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7), [Asus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asus4), [G6](https://pianokitty.com/c/G6)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: G D/F# D D#dim Em C Dsus4 D7
- Verse 1: G D/F# D D#dim Em Bm/D Bm C G/B Am7 D7 G
- Verse 2: D/F# D D#dim Em Bm/D Bm C G/B Am7 D7 G
- Verse 3: C Bm C Bm Am7 G/B G C Am7 B B7
- Verse 4: G D/F# D D#dim Em Bm/D Bm C G/B Am7 D7 G
- Verse 5: C Bm C Bm Am7 G/B G C Am7 B B7
- Verse 6: G D/F# D D#dim Em Bm/D Bm C G/B Am7 Asus4 D7 G6

## Questions

### Which chords does Let It Be Me by The Everly Brothers use?

Different chords: 16. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Let It Be Me by The Everly Brothers in?

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

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

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (16), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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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.

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