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Hallelujah
Chords
by Leonard Cohen, as performed
by Jeff Buckley
Intro: / G -
- - - - / Em7 - - - - - / x2
G Em7 G Em7
Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord that David
played and it pleased the Lord,
C (1½) D
(½) G D G C (½) D (½)
But you don’t really care for music, do you? It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth
Em C D B7 Em7 (2)
The minor fall, the major lift, the baffled king
composing Hallelujah!
Chorus:
C (2)
Em (2) C (2) G
D G Em7 G
Em7
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelu-u-jah!
G Em7 G Em7
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw
her bathing on the roof;
C (1½) D (½) G D G
C (½) D (½)
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you. But she
tied you to a kitchen chair
Em
C D B7 Em7 (2)
She broke your throne, she cut your hair, and from
your lips she drew the Hallelujah! (Chorus)
G Em7 G Em7
You say I took the name in vain; But I don’t even
know the name.
C (1½) D (½) G D G
C (½) D (½)
But if I did, well, really, what’s it to you?
There’s a blaze of light in every word;
Em C D B7
Em7 (2)
It doesn’t matter which you heard; The holy, or the
broken Hallelujah! (Chorus)
G Em7 G Em7
Baby, I’ve been here before. I know this room, I’ve
walked this floor.
C (1½) D (½) G D G C (½) D (½)
I used to live alone before I knew you. I’ve seen
your flag on the marble arch,
Em C D B7
Em7 (2)
Love is not a victory march. It’s a cold and it’s a
broken Hallelujah! (Chorus)
G Em7 G Em7
There was a time you let me know What’s really going
on below
C (1½) D (½) G
D G C (½) D (½)
But now you never show it to me, do you? I remember
when I moved in you,
Em C D B7 Em7 (2)
And the holy dove was moving, too. And every breath
we drew was Hallelujah! (Chorus)
G Em7 G Em7
Now maybe there’s a God above But all I ever learn
from love
C (1½) D
(½) G D G C (½) D
(½)
Is how to shoot at somebody who outdrew you. And it’s not a cry that you
hear at night,
Em
C
D B7 Em7 (2)
It’s not somebody who’s seen the light, it’s a cold
and it’s a broken Hallelujah! (Chorus)
Chorus:
C (2)
Em (2) C (2) G
D
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelu-u-
C (2)
Em (2) C (2) G
D
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelu-u-
C (2)
Em (2) C (2) G
D G (hold)
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelu-u-jah!
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