Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah

 
Song :
E
Intro :
C   G

 C          Cmaj7 Am  
I heard there was a secret chord      
     C       Cmaj7       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          G
It goes like this the fourth the fifth
      Am                 F
the minor fall and the major lift
       G                E7          Am
The baffled king composing hallelujah
      F          Am           F            C G C     G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halle lu-u-jah

     C               Cmaj7    Am           
Your faith was strong but you needed proof,  
      C      Cmaj7       Am
You saw her bathing on the roof
       F                G              C    G 
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya,     
      C       F   G
She tied you to a kitchen chair
    Am                         F
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
    G                  E7           Am
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
      F          Am           F            C G C     G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halle lu-u-jah

C      Cmaj7     Am      
Maybe I've been here before
  C           Cmaj7      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
But Love is not a victory march
       G              E7            Am
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah
      F          Am           F            C G C     G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halle lu-u-jah

      C     Cmaj7    Am       
There was a time you let me know
       C       Cmaj7  Am
What's real and going on below
      F                G             C           G 
But now you never show it to me do you?

   C                  F        G
I remember when I moved in you
    Am               F
The holy dark was moving too
       G               E7           Am
And every breath we drew was hallelujah
      F          Am           F            C G C     G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halle lu-u-jah

C         Cmaj7 Am    
Maybe there’s a God above
    C    Cmaj7 Am    
But all I ever learned from love
    F               G                    C   G 
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
    C                    F       G
Its not the cry that you hear at night
     Am                F
It's not someone who's seen the light
       G               E7            Am
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah
      F          Am           F            C G C     G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halle lu-u-jah
    C      Cmaj7    Am         
You say I took the name in vain
      C     Cmaj7  Am
But I don't even    know the name
    F                G                 C     G 
But if I did, well really, what's it to ya?
          C                 F     G
There's a blaze of light in every word
   Am              F
It doesn't matter which you heard
       G           E7           Am
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
      F          Am           F           C G C     G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halle lu-u-jah

  C      Cmaj7  Am   
I did my best, it wasn't much
  C        Cmaj7     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                G
And even though it all went wrong
     Am            F
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
     G                E7                Am
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Outro ad lib.

      F          Am           F            C G C     G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halle lu-u-jah
      F          Am           F            C G C     G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halle lu-u-jah
      F          Am           F            C G C     G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halle lu-u-jah
      F          Am           F            C G C    
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halle lu-u-jah