Hallelujah Lyrics and Chords
Album: Fragments of a Rainy Season
Original: Leonard Cohen
Verse 1
…….C Am
I’ve heard there was a secret chord
………C
That David played,
………..Am
And it pleased the Lord.
……F G
But you don’t really care for music,
C G
Do you?
…C
It goes like this
…….F G
The fourth, the fifth.
…….Am F
The minor fall, the major lift.
…….G Em Am
The baffled king composing Hallelujah.
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am
Hallelujah,
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am G C G
Hallelu ……… jah.
Verse 2
………C
Your faith was strong
…………..Am
But you needed proof.
…….C Am
You saw her bathing on the roof.
…….F G
Her beauty and the moonlight
…….C G
Overthrew you.
…….C F G
She tied you to a kitchen chair
…….Am
She broke your throne,
…….F
She cut your hair.
…….G
And from your lips
…….Em Am
She drew the Hallelujah
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am
Hallelujah,
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am G C G
Hallelu ……… jah.
Verse 3
C Am
Maybe I’ve been here before.
..C
I know this room,
…….Am
I’ve walked this floor.
…F G
I used to live alone before
..C G
I knew you.
…….C F G
I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch.
……..Am F
And love is not a victory march,
……..G Em Am
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am
Hallelujah,
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am G C G
Hallelu ……… jah.
Verse 4
……….C Am
There was a time you’d let me know
…………C Am
What’s real and going on below.
…….F G
But now you never show it to me,
C G
Do you?
……C F G
I remember when I moved in you?
………….Am F
But the Holy Dove was moving too.
…….G Em Am
And every breath we drew was hallelujah.
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am
Hallelujah,
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am G C G
Hallelu ……… jah.
Verse 5
……..C Am
And maybe there’s a God above.
…….C Am
And all I ever learned from love
……..F G
Was how to shoot at someone
……………C G
Who outdrew you.
…………C F G
And it’s not a cry that you hear tonight.
……Am F
It’s not somebody who’s seen the light.
………G Em Am
It’s a cold and its a broken hallelujah.
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am
Hallelujah,
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am
Hallelujah,
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am
Hallelujah,
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am G C G
Hallelu ……… jah.
