Leonard Cohen in C, John Cale in C, Jeff Buckley in C#, I play in G capo 3
Intro
G | Em |
x2 |
G | Em | |
I’ve | heard there was a se | cret chord |
G | Em | |
That | David played, and it pl | eased the lord |
C | D | G | D | |
But | you don’t really | care for music, d | o you? |
G | C | D | |
It | goes like this the | fourth, the | fifth |
Em | C | |
The | minor fall, the | major lift |
D | B7 | Em | |
The | baffled king com | posing Halle | lujah |
C | Em | C | G | D | G | D | |
Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah, Halle | lu- | u- | jah |
G | Em | |
Your | faith was strong, but you | needed proof |
G | Em | |
You | saw her bathing | on the roof |
C | D | G | D | |
Her | beauty and the | moonlight over | threw you |
G | C | D | |
She | tied you to a | kitchen | chair |
Em | C | |
She | broke your throne, and she | cut your hair |
D | B7 | Em | |
And | from your lips she | drew the Halle | lujah |
C | Em | C | G | D | G | D | |
Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah, Halle | lu- | u- | jah |
G | Em |
Maybe I’ve been h | ere before |
G | Em | |
I k | now this room and I’ve w | alked this floor |
C | D | G | D | |
I u | sed to live a | lone before I kne | w you |
G | C | D | |
I’ve s | een your flag on the m | arble a | rch |
Em | C | |
And l | ove is not a v | ictory march |
Cale plays a iii instead of a III here
D | B7 | Em | |
It’s a | cold and it’s a b | roken Hallel | ujah |
C | Em | C | G | D | G | D | |
Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah, Halle | lu- | u- | jah |
G | Em | |
There w | as a time you l | et me know |
G | Em | |
What’s r | eally going o | n below |
C | D | G | D | |
But n | ow you never s | how it to me, d | o you? |
G | C | D | |
And I | remember when I m | oved in y | ou |
Em | C | |
And the h | oly dove she was m | oving too |
D | B7 | Em | |
And e | very breath we d | rew was Hallelu | jah |
C | Em | C | G | D | G | D | |
Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah, Halle | lu- | u- | jah |
G | Em | |
Well, m | aybe there’s a g | od above |
G | Em | |
But a | ll I’ve ever l | earned from love |
C | D | G | D | |
Is h | ow to shoot someb | ody who outd | rew you |
G | C | D | |
But it’s n | ot a crime that you’re he | re toni | ght |
Em | C | |
It’s n | ot some pilgrim who’s s | een the light |
D | B7 | Em | |
It’s a | cold and it’s a b | roken Hallel | ujah |
C | Em | C | Em | |
Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah |
C | G | D | G | D | |
Halle | lujah, Halle | lu- | u- | jah |
Other verses included in some versions... you have to stop at some point,
so I usually leave these out.
G | Em | |
You | say I took the | name in vain |
G | Em |
I don’t even | know the name |
C | D | G | D | |
But | if I did, well | really, what’s it | to ya? |
G | C | D | |
There’s a | blaze of light in | every | word |
Em | C | |
It | doesn’t matter | which you heard |
D | B7 | Em | |
The | holy or the | broken Halle | lujah |
C | Em | C | G | D | G | D | |
Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah, Halle | lu- | u- | jah |
G | Em | |
I | did my best, it | wasn’t much |
G | Em | |
I | couldn’t feel, so I | tried to touch |
C | D | G | D | |
I’ve | told the truth, I | didn’t come to fool y | a |
G | C | D | |
And | even though it | all went | wrong |
Em | C | |
I’ll | stand before the | Lord of Song |
D | B7 | Em | |
With | nothing on my | tongue but Halle | lujah |
C | Em | C | G | D | G | D | |
Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah, Halle | lujah, Halle | lu- | u- | jah |