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 f

       
ourth, the fif

th
           
The minor fall

         
 and the major

 lift
         
The baffled ki

           
ng composing h


allelujah

[Chorus]
       
Hallelujah, ha

         
llelujah, hall

            
elujah, hallel

      
u-u-u-u-jah ..

..

[Verse 2]
             
Well your fait

      
h was strong b

ut 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, ha

         
llelujah, hall

            
elujah, hallel

      
u-u-u-u-jah ..

..

[Verse 3]
             
Baby I've been

      
 here before
             
I've seen this

           
 room and I've

 walked this f

loor
         
I used to live

          
 alone before 

        
I knew you
             
I've seen your

             
 flag on the m

  
arble arch
           
But love is no

    
t a victory ma

rch
         
It's a cold an

            
d it's a broke

  
n hallelujah

[Chorus]
       
Hallelujah, ha

         
llelujah, hall

            
elujah, hallel

      
u-u-u-u-jah ..

..

[Verse 4]
             
Well there was

      
 a time when y

ou let 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, ha

         
llelujah, hall

            
elujah, hallel

      
u-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
             
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

[Outro]
       
Hallelujah, ha

         
llelujah, hall

            
elujah, hallel

      
u-u-u-u-jah ..

..

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