Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

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Capo: 1


Intro


Each chord is held for 2 beats (half the full strumming pattern).

Chords with asterisk (*) are held for 1 beat.

C      Am      C      Am



Verse 1


Each chord is held for 2 beats (half the full strumming pattern).

Chords with asterisk (*) are held for 1 beat.

C                            Am

I 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*

Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth

        Am                          F

The minor fall and the major lift

       G                       E7              Am              Am

The baffled king composing hallelujah



Chorus 1


Each chord is held for 4 beats (the full strumming pattern).

Chords with asterisk (*) are held for 2 beats.

              F                Am           F                C*   G*   C

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....



Verse 2


Each chord is held for 2 beats (half the full strumming pattern).

Chords with asterisk (*) are held for 1 beat.

                 C                                   Am

Well 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 her kitchen chair

        Am                                         F

She broke your throne and she cut your hair

         G                             E7                   Am      Am

And from your lips she drew the hallelujah



Chorus 2


Each chord is held for 4 beats (the full strumming pattern).

Chords with asterisk (*) are held for 2 beats.

              F                Am           F                C*   G*   C

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....



Verse 3


Each chord is held for 2 beats (half the full strumming pattern).

Chords with asterisk (*) are held for 1 beat.

C                        Am

Baby I've been here before

        C                                     Am

I've seen this room and 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       Am

It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah



Chorus 3


Each chord is held for 4 beats (the full strumming pattern).

Chords with asterisk (*) are held for 2 beats.

              F                Am           F                C*   G*   C

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....



Verse 4


Each chord is held for 2 beats (half the full strumming pattern).

Chords with asterisk (*) are held for 1 beat.

                C                               Am

Well 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 that to me do you

             C                        F*                 G*

But remember when I moved in you

              Am                     F

And the holy dove was moving too

        G                           E7                    Am              Am

And every breath we drew was hallelujah



Chorus 4


Each chord is held for 4 beats (the full strumming pattern).

Chords with asterisk (*) are held for 2 beats.

              F                Am           F                C*   G*   C

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....



Verse 5


Each chord is held for 2 beats (half the full strumming pattern).

Chords with asterisk (*) are held for 1 beat.

         C                       Am

Well, maybe there's a god above

       C                  Am

But all I've ever learned from love

        F                              G                     C                G

Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you

      C                            F*         G*

It's not a cry that you hear at night

      Am                              F

It's not somebody who's seen the light

         G                     E7                 Am               Am

It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah



Chorus 5


Each chord is held for 4 beats (the full strumming pattern).

Chords with asterisk (*) are held for 2 beats.

              F                Am           F                C*   G*   C

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....