5 Chords used in the song: C, Am, F, G, Em
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C Am C Am
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Verse:
C Am
I've 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?
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Pre-Chorus:
C F G
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
Am F
The minor fall, the major lift
G Em Am
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Chorus:
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C-G-C-C
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Verse:
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 in the moonlight overthrew you
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C|----------------------------------|
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Pre-Chorus:
C
She tied you
F G
To a kitchen chair
Am
She broke your throne,
F
she cut your hair
G Em Am
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Chorus:
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C-G-C-C
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Verse:
C Am
Maybe I've been here before
C Am
I know this room, I've walked this floor
F G C G
I used to live alone before I knew you
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C|----------------------------------|
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Pre-Chorus:
C F G
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Am F
love is not a victory march
G Em Am
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
Chorus:
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C-G-C-C
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Verse:
C Am
There was a time you'd let me know
C Am
What's real and going on below
F G C G
But now you never show it to me do you?
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Pre-Chorus:
C F G
Remember when I moved in you?
Am F
The holy dark was moving too
G Em Am
And every breath we drew was hallelujah
Chorus:
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C-G-C-C
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Verse:
C Am
Maybe there's a God above
C Am
And all I ever learned from love
F G C G
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
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G|----------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus:
C F G
It's not a cry you can hear at night
Am F
It's not somebody who's seen the light
G Em Am
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
Outro:
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C-G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C-G-C
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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About this song: Hallelujah
"Hallelujah" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen originally released on his 1984 studio album Various Positions. "Hallelujah" has been covered more than 120 times (counting only recorded, not live, versions) and featured in the soundtracks of numerous movies and television shows. American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley recorded one of the best-known covers of "Hallelujah" for his 1994 studio album, Grace.