Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen in C, John Cale in C, Jeff Buckley in C#, I play in G capo 3

Intro

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I’ve Gheard there was a seEmcret chord

That GDavid played, and it plEmeased the lord

But Cyou don’t really Dcare for music, dGo you? D

It Ggoes like this the Cfourth, the Dfifth

The Emminor fall, the Cmajor lift

The Dbaffled king comB7posing HalleEmlujah

Your Gfaith was strong, but you Emneeded proof

You Gsaw her bathing Emon the roof

Her Cbeauty and the Dmoonlight overGthrew youD

She Gtied you to a Ckitchen Dchair

She Embroke your throne, and she Ccut your hair

And Dfrom your lips she B7drew the HalleEmlujah

GMaybe I’ve been hEmere before

I kGnow this room and I’ve wEmalked this floor

I uCsed to live aDlone before I kneGw you D

I’ve sGeen your flag on the mCarble aDrch

And lEmove is not a vCictory march

Cale plays a iii instead of a III here

It’s a Dcold and it’s a bB7roken HallelEmujah

There wGas a time you lEmet me know

What’s rGeally going oEmn below

But nCow you never sDhow it to me, dGo you? D

And I Gremember when I mCoved in yDou

And the hEmoly dove she was mCoving too

And eDvery breath we dB7rew was HalleluEmjah

Well, mGaybe there’s a gEmod above

But aGll I’ve ever lEmearned from love

Is hCow to shoot somebDody who outdGrew you D

But it’s nGot a crime that you’re heCre toniDght

It’s nEmot some pilgrim who’s sCeen the light

It’s a Dcold and it’s a bB7roken HallelEmujah

Other verses included in some versions... you have to stop at some point,

so I usually leave these out.

You Gsay I took the Emname in vain

GI don’t even Emknow the name

But Cif I did, well Dreally, what’s it Gto ya?D

There’s a Gblaze of light in Cevery Dword

It Emdoesn’t matter Cwhich you heard

The Dholy or the B7broken HalleEmlujah

I Gdid my best, it Emwasn’t much

I Gcouldn’t feel, so I Emtried to touch

I’ve Ctold the truth, I Ddidn’t come to fool yGaD

And Geven though it Call went Dwrong

I’ll Emstand before the CLord of Song

With Dnothing on my B7tongue but HalleEmlujah