Hallelujah chords
Leonard Cohen 1984 (live London version)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)
[Intro] **
[C] [Am] [C] [Am] [C] [Am] [C] [Am]
Verse 1
[C] [Am]
Now I've heard there was a secret chord,
[C] [Am]
that David played, and it pleased the Lord
[F] [G] [C] [G]
But you don't really care for music, do you?
[C] [F] [G]
It goes like this the fourth, the fifth,
[Am] [F] [G]
the minor fall, the major lift
[G] [Em]* [Am]
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Chorus
[F]
Hallelujah
[Am]
Hallelujah
[F]
Hallelujah
[C] [G] [C] [G]
Hallelu jah
Verse 2
[C] [Am]
Your faith was strong but you needed proof,
[C] [Am]
you saw her bathing on the roof
[F] [G] [C] [G]
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
[C] [F] [G]
She tied you to a kitchen chair,
[Am] [F] [G]
she broke your throne, and she cut your hair
[G] [Em]* [Am]
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Chorus
[F]
Hallelujah
[Am]
Hallelujah
[F]
Hallelujah
[C] [G] [C] [G]
Hallelu jah
Verse 3
[C] [Am]
Now, maybe there's a God above,
[C] [Am]
and all I ever learned from love,
[F] [G] [C] [G]
was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
[C] [F] [G]
It's not a cry you can hear at night,
[Am] [F] [G]
it's not somebody who's seen the light,
[G] [Em] [Am]
it's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Chorus
[F]
Hallelujah
[Am]
Hallelujah
[F]
Hallelujah
[C] [G] [C] [G]
Hallelu jah
Verse 4
[C] [Am]
Oh, people, I ve been here before,
[C] [Am]
I know this room, I've walked this floor
[F] [G] [C] [G]
I used to live alone before I knew you.
[C] [F] [G]
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
[Am] [F] [G]
Love is not a victory march
[G] [Em] [Am]
it's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Chorus
[F]
Hallelujah
[Am]
Hallelujah
[F]
Hallelujah
[C] [G] [C] [G]
Hallelu jah
Verse 5
[C] [Am]
There was a time you let me know,
[C] [Am]
what's really going on below
[F] [G] [C] [G]
But now you never show it to me, do you?
[C] [F] [G]
And remember when I moved in you
[Am] [F] [G]
The holy dove was moving too
[G] [Em] [Am]
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Chorus
[F]
Hallelujah
[Am]
Hallelujah
[F]
Hallelujah
[C] [G] [C] [G]
Hallelu jah
Verse 6
[C] [Am]
I ve done my best, it wasn't much,
[C] [Am]
I couldn't feel, so I learned to touch
[F] [G] [C] [G]
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
[C] [F] [G]
And even though it all went wrong
[Am] [F] [G]
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
[G] [Em] [Am]
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
[Chorus] (x2)
[F]
Hallelujah
[Am]
Hallelujah
[F]
Hallelujah
[C] [G] [C] [G]
Hallelu jah
* Some folks prefer E or E7 here, depending on the version
** Alternates:
Capo III
[C] = [A]
[Am] = [F#m]
[F] = [D]
[G] = [E]
[Em] = [C#m]
Capo V
[C] = [G]
[Am] = [Em]
[F] = [B]
[G] = [D]
[Em] = [Bm]
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
[C] = [D]
[Am] = [Bm]
[F] = [G]
[G] = [A]
[Em] = [F#m]
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
[C] = [G]
[Am] = [Em]
[F] = [C]
[G] = [D]
[Em] = [Bm]
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