5 Chords used in the song: C, Am, F, G, Em
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Intro:
C Am C Am
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xC|--0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0--|
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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?
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
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
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?
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
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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It might help to be more specific on exactly where to play the chords, but you got all of the right ones. Great tab!
27 Dec 2016
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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. Read more on Last.fm.