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 |