Hallelujah Uke tab by Jeff Buckley

5 Chords used in the song: C, Am, F, G, Em

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Year:  1994
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2.9
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Key: C, AmChords
This is a beautiful song off Buckley's debut 1994 album "Grace." The original was by
Leonard Cohen but I transcribed this from Buckey's version. My tab is similar to the
first tab of this song but there are some changes and I've included all the lyrics.

Standard Tuning

Intro: C C Am Am C C Am Am

C C Am Am
I heard there was a secret chord
C C Am Am
That David played and it pleased the lord
F F G G C C G G
But you don't really care for music, do you?
C C F F G G
Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
Am Am F F
The minor fall and the major lift
G G Em Em Am Am
The baffled king composing hallelujah

Chorus:

F F Am Am F F C C G G C C
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....

C C Am Am
Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
C C Am Am
You saw her bathing on the roof
F F G G C C G G
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
C C F F G G
She tied you to her kitchen chair
Am Am F F
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
G G Em Em Am Am
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah


F F Am Am F F C C G G C C
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....

C C Am Am
Baby I've been here before
C C Am Am
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
F F G G C C G G
I used to live alone before I knew you
C C F F G G
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Am Am F F
But love is not a victory march
G G Em Em Am Am
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

F F Am Am F F C C G G C C
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....

C C Am Am
Well there was a time when you let me know
C C Am Am
What's really going on below
F F G G C C G G
But now you never show that to me do you
C C F F G G
But remember when I moved in you
Am Am F F
And the holy dove was moving too
G G Em Em Am Am
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

C C Am Am
Well, maybe there's a god above
C C Am Am
But all I've ever learned from love
F F G G C C G G
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
C C F F G G
It's not a cry that you hear at night
Am Am F F
It's not somebody who's seen the light
G G Em Em Am Am
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

F F Am Am F F C C G G C C
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....

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AtoZ21 avatar
Liked it in the original, LOVED it in -5. Thank you!
31 Dec 2022
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sunnyoverthemoon avatar
E7 definitely sounds better than the Em in my opinion.
12 Dec 2022
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lilifeee avatar
perfect
22 Jan 2022
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zozoxo avatar
what’s the strumming pattern?
14 May 2019
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Monibel avatar
flag for ES(ISO2) (BCN)
I think so better with E7 than with Em... what do you think?
21 Feb 2019
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felissi avatar
I cant reach the highnotes in the original key so I play the -5 instead, awesome tab!
09 Jul 2018
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anatomyslang avatar
this is perfectly fine, i've played through it many many times, and this was the one i was using until you guys took it down for pending =[
25 Jan 2010
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