HALLELUJAH - Leonard Cohen
	
  C                 C/B    Am	 
I heard there was a secret chord      
     C                   C/B  Am
that David played and it pleased the Lord
    F                 G                C  G 
But you don't really care for music do ya
     C		          F		E
It goes like this the fourth the fifth
     Am		          F
the minor fall and the major lift
       G             E           Am
The baffled king composing hallelujah
     F	        Am	   F	           C G C  G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

    

     C                 C/B    Am	 
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
     C         C/B  Am
You saw her bathing on the roof
    F              G                   C  G 
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
     C		   F       E
She tied you to a kitchen chair
     Am		                F
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
    G                  E           Am
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
     F	        Am	   F	           C G C  G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah



C         C/B  Am	 
Maybe Ive been here before
  C              C/B Am
I know this room Ive walked this floor
  F              G            C       G 
I used to live alone before I knew you
    C		           F      E
Ive seen your flag on the marble arch
Am            F
Love is not a victory march
       G            E          Am
It’s a conan it’s a broken hallelujah
     F	        Am	   F	           C G C  G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
 
      

      C         C/B  Am	
There was a time you let me know
      C          C/B Am
Whats real and going on below
    F             G              C      G 
But now you never show it to me do you?
     C		   F        E
I remember when I moved in you
    Am            F
The holy dark was moving too
    G               E          Am
And every breath we drew was hallelujah
     F	        Am	   F	           C G C  G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah



C          C/B  Am	
Maybe there’s a better bow
     C     C/B  Am	
Then all I ever learned from love
    F               G               C      G 
Was how to shoot at someone while I drew you
    C		       F       E
Its not a cry you can hear at night
    Am                F
Its not somebody whos seen the light
       G            E         Am
It’s a conan it’s a broken hallelujah
     F	        Am	   F	           C G C  G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
  
   

     C          C/B Am	 
You say I took the name in vain
C       C/B  Am
I don't even know the name
    F              G                    C  G 
But if I did, well really, what's it to ya?
          C	             F     E
There's a blaze of light in every word
   Am		   F
It doesn't matter which you heard
    G           E          Am
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
     F	        Am	   F	           C G C  G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah


 
  C          C/B  Am	 
I did my best, it wasn't much
  C              C/B  Am
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
     F                 G                   C  G 
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya
    C	            F       E 
And even though it all went wrong
     Am		       F
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
     G             E             Am
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

(Verses I found, not in the actual song from Shreck)

    

     F	        Am	      F	           C G 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu
     F	        Am	      F	           C G 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu
     F	        Am	      F	           C G 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu
     F	        Am	      F	           C G C
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

 Intro: Bb |F |Bb |F |

Bb          Gm
Baby, I've been here before
   Bb            Gm
I know this room, I've walked this floor
 Eb         F         Bb   F
I used to live alone before I knew you
          Bb
Yeah and I've seen your flag
     Eb   F
On the marble arch
       Gm                     Eb
But this love, love is not some kind of a victory march
        F              D7      Gm
No, it's a cold and it's a very broken Hallelujah!
    Eb       Gm       Eb     Bb F Bb      F
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time you let me know
What's really going on below
Ah but now you never show it to me, do you?
Yeah but I remember
Yeah when I moved in you
And the holy dove she was moving too
Yes and every single breath that we drew was Hallelujah!
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above
As for me all I ever seem to learn from love
Is how to shot at someone who outdrew you
Yeah but it's not a complaint
That you hear tonight
It's not a laughter of someone who claims to have seen the light
No, it's a cold and it's a very lonely Hallelujah!
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I learned to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come all this way to fool you
Yeah and even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand right here before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

 

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From: affleck@ug.cs.dal.ca (Roderick Affleck)
Subject: Re: Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

Well, this is how I play it, in G.  I'm more familiar with the version that
John Cale did on the I'm Your fan tribute,  which was in C, but that's too
much of a pain in the ass for me.  Transpose it down a fifth if you wish.

G                   Em
I heard there was a secret chord

G                        Em
that David played and it pleased the Lord,

    C				    G
But you don't really care for music do you.

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

Em		       C     D
the minor fall and the major lift

D				Em
The baffled king composing hallelujah

     C	       Em	   C	    G-D-G
Halleluja, Halleluja, Halleluja, Halleluja


Easy.

Roderick

From: Harlan L Thompson 

HALLELUJAH- Leonard Cohen

C  G
C                       C/B Am
Now I       C              C/B  Am
that David played and it pleased the Lord
    F                 G                C  G
But you don't really care for music do ya
     C		          F		E
It goes like this the fourth the fifth
     Am		          F
the minor fall and the major lift
       G             E           Am
The baffled king composing hallelujah
     F	        Am	   F	           C G C  G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah


Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to ya?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah

(from Various Positions, 1984)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)