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 piano, 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.
Yes. Let It Be is played with no capo in the key of C, so there's no transposition — the piano plays the exact same chords the guitar does: C, G, Am and F. The famous piano part just voices those same chords, often as gentle broken arpeggios.