The Beatles · from Let It Be, 1970
A four-chord classic in the key of C — C, G, Am and F, all easy open shapes. Played with no capo, so the guitar, piano and bass all use the exact same chords. Every diagram below is sourced live from the chord library.
Open Let It Be on the interactive simple bass, hear every chord, and loop the progression.
Play Let It Be in the Studio →C major. Its four chords — C (I), G (V), Am (vi) and F (IV) — are the classic pop set. There is no capo, so guitar, piano and bass all play these same chords at the same pitch.
The simplest bass line follows the root of each chord — C, G, A, F — in the same order the chords move. Because the song has no capo, these are the true pitches, identical to what the guitar and piano outline.