Hallelujah Uke tab by Leonard Cohen

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

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Artist: Leonard Cohen

Album: Various Positions

Year: 1984

Difficulty:

3.7

(Intermediate)

Key: AmChords

C                 Am
Now 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?
   C                   F           G
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth,
    Am              F
The minor fall, the major lift,
    G                E           F
The baffled king composing, Hallelujah.


     F           Am          F
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
     C  G C     G
Hallelu - jah.


     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 you.
    C             F       G
She tied you to a kitchen chair,
    Am                         F
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair,
    G                  E             Am
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah.


     F           Am          F
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
     C  G C     G
Hallelu - jah.


    C              Am
You say I took the name in vain,
       C            Am
Though I don't even know the name,
    F              G                 C        G
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
          C                 F     G
There's a blaze of light in every word,
   Am             F
It doesn't matter which you heard:
    G           E           F
The holy or the broken Hallelujah.


     F           Am          F
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
     C  G C     G
Hallelu - jah.


  C               Am
I did my best, it wasn't much,
  C                  Am
I couldn't feel so I tried to touch.
     F                 G              C          G
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you.
    C              F        G
And even though it all went wrong
     Am               F
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
     G             E               F
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah.


     F           Am          F
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
     C  G C     G
Hallelu - jah.

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Kindari

Agreed that the E should be Em. Also, the F after the E sound better as an Am. Try it!

20 Feb 2022

gingie1

E should be an Em. It sounds better and is much easier to play.

17 Jun 2014

mndjoy

Best version on this site. Thank you!

06 Jun 2014

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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. A live recording of the song from 1988, containing additional lyrics, appears on the 1994 album, Cohen Live. While Suzanne is his most covered work to date, "Hallelujah" has experienced great popularity more recently, and has now been recorded more than 170 times for release and has been featured in the soundtracks of numerous movies and television shows.

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