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Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen

57 bpm triplet feel. B7: 1-2-2-2.

key G medium classicemotionalmellow
strumming down · up · mute

Verse 1

G Now I've heard there was a Em secret chord

G That David played, and it Em pleased the Lord

C But you don't really D care for music, do G you? D  

G It goes like this, the C fourth, the D fifth

The Em minor fall, the C major lift

The D baffled B7 king composing Em Hallelujah

Chorus

C Hallelujah, Em Hallelujah, C Hallelujah,

G Hallelu- D u- G jah D  

Verse 2

G Your faith was strong, but Em you needed proof

G You saw her Em bathing on the roof

C Her beauty and the D moonlight over G threw ya D  

G She tied you to a C kitchen D chair

She Em broke your throne, and she C cut your hair

And D from your lips she B7 drew the Em Hallelujah

Chorus

C Hallelujah, Em Hallelujah, C Hallelujah,

G Hallelu- D u- G jah D  

Verse 3

G You say I took the Em name in vain

G I don't even Em know the name

C But if I did, well D really, what's it G to ya? D  

G There's a blaze of C light in every D word

Em It doesn't matter C which you heard

The D holy or the B7 broken Em Hallelujah

Chorus

C Hallelujah, Em Hallelujah, C Hallelujah,

G Hallelu- D u- G jah D  

Verse 4

G I did my best, Em it wasn't much

G I couldn't feel, so Em I tried to touch

C I've told the truth, I D didn't come to G fool ya D  

G And even though it C all went D wrong

I'll Em stand before the C Lord of Song

With D nothing on my B7 tongue but Em Hallelujah

Outro

C Hallelujah, Em Hallelujah, C Hallelujah,

G Hallelu- D jah

C Hallelujah, Em Hallelujah, C Hallelujah,

G Hallelu- D jah

C Hallelujah, Em Hallelujah, C Hallelujah,

G Hallelu- D jah

C Hallelujah, Em Hallelujah, C Hallelujah,

G Hallelu- D u- G jah