# Musicians: What piano chord is played at 2:59 on "Let It Be"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-what-piano-chord-is-played-at-2-59-on-let-it-be/663891 "2013-07-18T23:16:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-what-piano-chord-is-played-at-2-59-on-let-it-be/663891/17 "2013-07-21T18:53:52Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I would agree that it sounds like a flub to me. It just seems odd that he would have substituted/embellished just that one Am chord in the piece, while leaving the rest of the chord voicings “vanilla” throuhgout the whole song. Yes, and my WAG is that it might be a “bleed thru” from a previous take or even a different instrument. I know of at least two examples from Mamas & Papas recordings of the same era where that is the most likely explanation, and one “mistake” goes on for several bars. Not obvious in mono, but detectable in one channel of a stereo mix with good separation. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-what-piano-chord-is-played-at-2-59-on-let-it-be/663891)._