Let It Be Me by The Everly Brothers

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 16 · Sections: 6

Form: A Section → A Section → B Section → A Section → B Section → A Section

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

A Section 1

• G – D/F♯ – D6 – D♯dim – Em – Bm/D – C – G/B – Am – Am/D – G6
  I – V⁶ – V6 – #v° – vi – iii⁶ – IV – I⁶ – ii – ii (bass D) – I6

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 1

• C – Bm – C – Gmaj7 – Am7 – G/B – C – Badd9
  IV – iii – IV – Imaj7 – ii7 – I⁶ – IV – IIIadd9

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

A Section 4

• G – D/F♯ – D6 – D♯dim – Em – Bm/D – C – G/B – Am – Am/D – D7 – G6
  I – V⁶ – V6 – #v° – vi – iii⁶ – IV – I⁶ – ii – ii (bass D) – V7 – I6

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
G	I	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
D/F♯	V⁶	In the key	A Section
D6	V6	In the key	A Section
D♯dim	#v°	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Em	vi	In the key	A Section
Bm/D	iii⁶	In the key	A Section
C	IV	In the key	A Section, B Section
G/B	I⁶	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, B Section
Am	ii	In the key	A Section
Am/D	ii (bass D)	In the key	A Section
G6	I6	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Bm	iii	In the key	B Section
Gmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	B Section
Am7	ii7	In the key	B Section
Badd9	IIIadd9	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
D7	V7	In the key	A Section

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Let It Be Me (Je t'appartiens)” (credited “Gilbert Becaud-Pierre Delanoe (Everly Brothers)”, style Pop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer confirmed from the Billboard year-end charts.
• Section names: from the chart's own markings: section names written on the chart (Intro, Verse, Chorus…) are kept, and rehearsal letters are shown as “A Section”, “B Section” and so on (the B of an AABA song is called the Bridge).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Let It Be Me (Beloff Arr.)” (credited “Gilbert Becaud, Pierre DeLanoe (French), Mann Curtis (Englis”, style Relaxed) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 100%).
• Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• Verified: two community charts of this song, posted in different forum threads, agree on its harmony. They're still charts, not transcriptions checked against the recording.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.