Hallelujah
Written by Leonard Cohen
Chords used:
C: x32010
Am: x02210
F: 133211 or xx3211
G: 320033 or 355433
E7: 020100 or 022130
INTRO
C Am C Am
C Am
Well I've heard there was a secreat chord,
C 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 4th, the 5th,
Am F
The minor fall and the major lift,
G E7 Am
The baffled king composing hallelujah,
F Am F C G C
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu------jah
Am C Am
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 ya,
C F G
She tied yo to her 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
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu------jah
Am C Am
C Am
Well baby I've been here before,
C Am
I know this room and I've walked this floor,
F G C G
I used to live alone before I knew ya.
C F G
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch,
Am F
And 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
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu------jah
Am C Am
C Am
There was a time when 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 ya.
C F G
Well remember when I moved in you,
Am F
And the holy dove was moving too,
G E7 Am
And every breath we drew was hallelujah,
F Am F C G C
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu------jah
Am C Am
C Am
Maybe there is a God above,
C Am
But all I ever learned from love,
F G C G
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew ya.
C F G
And it's not a cry you can hear and night,
Am F
It's not somebody who's seen the light,
G E7 Am
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah,
F Am F C G
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-jah
F Am F C G C
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu------jah
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That's it. But I've heard a cool version of the song by Jeff Buckley
where it is just him and an electric guitar and it goes something like this.
It isn't perfect by far because he has a nice long intro, a little bit of
a solo, and a lot of cool licks in it, but this is the basic idea.
You need a capo on the 5th fret and everything is written relative to the capo.
G Em G Em
E---|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3----|
B---|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3----|
D---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0--|
G---|---0---------|---2---------|---0---------|---2--------|
A---|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
E---|-3---------2-|-0---------2-|-3---------2-|-0---------2|
-----I
G Em G Em
E---|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
B---|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
D---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
G---|---0---------|---2---------|---0---------|---2-------2-|
A---|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E---|-3---------2-|-0---------2-|-3---------2-|-0-----------|
Heard---- Secret--- David--- Pleased---
C D G D *------------>Hammer and
E---|-------0-----|-0-----2-----|-------3-----|-2-----232----| Pull off quickly
B---|-------1-----|-1-----3-----|-------3-----|---3------3---|
D---|-----0---0---|---0-=---2---|-----0---0---|-----2------2-|
G---|---2-------2-|-----2-0---0-|---0-------0-|-0------------|
A---|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E---|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|--------------|
You don't-- care-- do ya?
G C D Em C
E---|-------3-----|-0-----2-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|
B---|-------3-----|-1-------3---|-0-----0-----|-1-----1-----|
D---|-----0---0---|---0-------2-|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|
G---|---0-------0-|-----2-0-----|-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-|
A---|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----------|
E---|-3-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
It Goes--- 4th- 5th-- minor-- major---
D B7 Em Em
E---|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----------|
B---|---3-----3---|-0-----0-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----------|
D---|-----2-----2-|---2-----2---|---0-----0---|-------------|
G---|-0-----------|-----1-----1-|-----2-----2-|-----------0-|
A---|-------------|-2-----------|-------------|---------2---|
E---|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
the baffled--- -posing-- --lujah Ha-le
C Em
E---|-0-----0-----|-0-----------|-0-----0-----|-0-----------|
B---|-1-----1-----|-1-----------|-0-----0-----|-0-----------|
D---|---0-----0---|---0-=-------|---0-----0---|---0---------|
G---|-----2-----2-|-----2---2-0-|-----2-----2-|-----2-----0-|
A---|-3-----------|-------------|-2-----------|---------2---|
E---|-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|
Lu-- Jah Ha Le lu Jah Ha le
C G D *
E---|-0-----0-----|-0-----------|-------3-----|-2-----232----|
B---|-1-----1-----|-1-----------|-------3-----|---3------3---|
D---|---0-----0---|---0-=-------|-----0---0---|-----2------2-|
G---|-----2-----2-|-----2---2-0-|---0-------0-|-0------------|
A---|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E---|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|--------------|
Lu Jah Ha le lu--
G Em G Em
E---|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
B---|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
D---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
G---|---0---------|---2---------|---0---------|---2---------|
A---|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E---|-3---------2-|-0---------2-|-3---------2-|-0---------2-|
jah!
Repeat
This version by Jeff Buckley is awsome!! I've wanted to learn this song since I
heard it on Shrek and when I found it on his old CD "Grace" that I bought in a
bargain bin a long time ago but just never listened to, I was estatic. It's just
a solo of him and an electric guitar and it is so cool!
Hope you enjoy it and I know it ain't even near perfect but you can play with it.
