Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

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[Verse 1]
             
I heard there 

      
was a secret c

hord
             
That David pla

             
yed and it ple


ased the Lord
         
But you don't 

          
really care fo

             
r music, do yo

    
u?
             
Well it goes l

             
ike this: the 

        
fourth, the fi


fth
           
The minor fall

        
 and the major

 lift
          
The baffled ki

           
ng composing H

   
allelujah


[Chorus]
    
Hallelujah
    
Hallelujah
    
Hallelujah
         
Hallelu-u-u-u-

      
jah...


[Verse 2]
             
Well, Your fai

              
th was strong 

        
but you needed

 proof
             
You saw her ba

     
thing on the r

oof
         
Her beauty and

          
 the moonlight

              
 overthrew you
             
She tied you t

         
o her kitchen 

 
chair
           
She broke your

              
 throne and sh


e cut your hai

r
          
And from your 

           
lips she drew 

       
the Hallelujah


[Chorus]
    
Hallelujah
    
Hallelujah
    
Hallelujah
         
Hallelu-u-u-u-

      
jah...


[Verse 3]
             
Baby, I've bee

   
n here before
             
I've seen this

              
 room and I've

  
 walked this f

loor (you know

)
         
I used to live

          
 alone before 

          
I knew you
             
And I've seen 

              
your flag on t

     
he marble arch
           
And love is no

    
t a victory ma

rch
          
It's a cold an

           
d it's a broke

      
n Hallelujah


[Chorus]
    
Hallelujah
    
Hallelujah
    
Hallelujah
         
Hallelu-u-u-u-

      
jah...


[Verse 4]
             
There was a ti

           
me when you le

t me know
             
What's really 

          
going on below
         
But now you ne

          
ver show that 

              
to me, do you?
             
But remember w

         
hen I moved in


 you
           
And the holy d

        
ove was moving

 too
          
And every brea

           
th we drew was

   
 Hallelujah


[Chorus]
    
Hallelujah
    
Hallelujah
    
Hallelujah
         
Hallelu-u-u-u-

      
jah...


[Verse 5]
             
Well, Maybe th

       
ere's a God ab

ove
             
But all I've e

      
ver learned fr

om love
         
Was how to sho

          
ot somebody wh

             
o outdrew you
             
And it's not a

             
 cry that you 

     
hear at night
           
It's not someb

          
ody who's seen


 the light
          
It's a cold an

           
d it's a broke

      
n Hallelujah


[Chorus]
    
Hallelujah
    
Hallelujah
    
Hallelujah
         
Hallelu-u-u-u-

      
jah...
    
Hallelujah
    
Hallelujah
    
Hallelujah
         
Hallelu-u-u-u-

      
jah...

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