Hallelujah
Written by Leonard Cohen
Chords used:
C: x32010
Am: x02210
F: 133211 or xx3211
G: 320033 or 355433
E7: 020100 or 022130
INTRO
CACAmCAm
Well I've heard there was a secreat chord,
CAm
That David played and it pleased the Lord,
FGCG
But you don't really care for music, do ya?
CFG
It goes like this, the 4th, the 5th,
AmF
The minor fall and the major lift,
GE7Am
The baffled king composing hallelujah,
FAFCGC
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu------jah
ACAmCAm
Your faith was strong but you needed proof,
CAm
You saw her bathing on the roof,
FGCG
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya,
CFG
She tied yo to her kitchen chair,
AmF
She broke your throne and she cut your hair,
GE7Am
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah,
FAFCGC
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu------jah
ACAmCAm
Well baby I've been here before,
CAm
I know this room and I've walked this floor,
FGCG
I used to live alone before I knew ya.
CFG
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch,
AmF
And love is not a victory march,
GE7Am
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah,
FAFCGC
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu------jah
ACAmCAm
There was a time when you let me know,
CAm
What's really going on below,
FGCG
But now you never show it to me do ya.
CFG
Well remember when I moved in you,
AmF
And the holy dove was moving too,
GE7Am
And every breath we drew was hallelujah,
FAFCGC
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu------jah
ACAmCAm
Maybe there is a God above,
CAm
But all I ever learned from love,
FGCG
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew ya.
CFG
And it's not a cry you can hear and night,
AmF
It's not somebody who's seen the light,
GE7Am
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah,
FAmFCG
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-jah
FAFCGC
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu------jah
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That's it. But I've heard a cool version of the song by Jeff Buckley
where it is just him and an electric guitar and it goes something like this.
It isn't perfect by far because he has a nice long intro, a little bit of
a solo, and a lot of cool licks in it, but this is the basic idea.
You need a capo on the 5th fret and everything is written relative to the capo.
GEGEm
E---|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3----|
B---|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3----|
D---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0--|
G---|---0---------|---2---------|---0---------|---2--------|
A---|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
E---|-3---------2-|-0---------2-|-3---------2-|-0---------2|
-----I
GEGEm
E---|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
B---|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
D---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
G---|---0---------|---2---------|---0---------|---2-------2-|
A---|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E---|-3---------2-|-0---------2-|-3---------2-|-0-----------|
Heard---- Secret--- David--- Pleased---
C D G D *------------>Hammer and
E---|-------0-----|-0-----2-----|-------3-----|-2-----232----| Pull off quickly
B---|-------1-----|-1-----3-----|-------3-----|---3------3---|
D---|-----0---0---|---0-=---2---|-----0---0---|-----2------2-|
G---|---2-------2-|-----2-0---0-|---0-------0-|-0------------|
A---|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E---|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|--------------|
You don't-- care-- do ya?
GCDEC
E---|-------3-----|-0-----2-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|
B---|-------3-----|-1-------3---|-0-----0-----|-1-----1-----|
D---|-----0---0---|---0-------2-|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|
G---|---0-------0-|-----2-0-----|-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-|
A---|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----------|
E---|-3-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
It Goes--- 4th- 5th-- minor-- major---
DBEEm
E---|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----------|
B---|---3-----3---|-0-----0-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----------|
D---|-----2-----2-|---2-----2---|---0-----0---|-------------|
G---|-0-----------|-----1-----1-|-----2-----2-|-----------0-|
A---|-------------|-2-----------|-------------|---------2---|
E---|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
the baffled--- -posing-- --lujah Ha-le
CEm
E---|-0-----0-----|-0-----------|-0-----0-----|-0-----------|
B---|-1-----1-----|-1-----------|-0-----0-----|-0-----------|
D---|---0-----0---|---0-=-------|---0-----0---|---0---------|
G---|-----2-----2-|-----2---2-0-|-----2-----2-|-----2-----0-|
A---|-3-----------|-------------|-2-----------|---------2---|
E---|-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|
Lu-- Jah Ha Le lu Jah Ha le
C G D *
E---|-0-----0-----|-0-----------|-------3-----|-2-----232----|
B---|-1-----1-----|-1-----------|-------3-----|---3------3---|
D---|---0-----0---|---0-=-------|-----0---0---|-----2------2-|
G---|-----2-----2-|-----2---2-0-|---0-------0-|-0------------|
A---|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E---|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|--------------|
Lu Jah Ha le lu--
GEGEm
E---|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
B---|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
D---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
G---|---0---------|---2---------|---0---------|---2---------|
A---|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E---|-3---------2-|-0---------2-|-3---------2-|-0---------2-|
jah!
Repeat
This version by Jeff Buckley is awsome!! I've wanted to learn this song since I
heard it on Shrek and when I found it on his old CD "Grace" that I bought in a
bargain bin a long time ago but just never listened to, I was estatic. It's just
a solo of him and an electric guitar and it is so cool!
Hope you enjoy it and I know it ain't even near perfect but you can play with it.