Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

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[Verse 1]
           
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I've heard the

            
re was a secre

              
t chord    Tha

             
t David played

         
, and it pleas

ed the Lord
             
But you don't 

             
really care fo

         
r music, do yo

u?

            
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It goes like t

             
his, the fourt

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h, the fifth  

            
   The minor f

             
all, the major

 lift
             
The baffled ki

            
ng composing "

          
Hallelujah"

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Hallelujah,   

            
      Halleluj

            
ah       Halle

            
lujah,        

            
  Hallelu  -  

    
 jah

[Verse 2]
             
Your faith was

              
 strong but yo

            
u needed proof

             
   You saw her

         
 bathing on th

e roof
             
Her beauty and

             
 the moonlight

               
 overthrew you
             
She tied you t

         -  
o a kitchen ch

            
air    She bro

              
ke your throne

             
 and she cut y

our hair
             
And from your 

            
lips she drew 

             
the Hallelujah

[Chorus]
            
Hallelujah,   

            
      Halleluj

            
ah       Halle

            
lujah,        

            
  Hallelu  -  

    
 jah

[Verse 3]
             
Baby I've been

            
 here before  

             
     I've seen

              
 this room and

            
 I've walked t

his floor
             
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,   

            
      Halleluj

            
ah       Halle

            
lujah,        

            
  Hallelu  -  

    
 jah

[Verse 4]
             
Well there was

              
 a time when y

            
ou let me know

             
      What's r

            
eally going on

 below
             
But now you ne

             
ver show that 

             
to me do you
             
But remember w

           - 
hen I moved in

             
 you          

            
   And the hol

             
y dove was mov

  
ing too
             
And every brea

            
th we drew was

           
 hallelujah

[Chorus]
            
Hallelujah,   

            
      Halleluj

            
ah       Halle

            
lujah,        

            
  Hallelu  -  

    
 jah

[Verse 5]
             
You say I took

            
 the name in v

             
ain      I do 

         
not even know 

the name
             
But if I did, 

             
well really, w

             
hat's it to yo

    
u?
             
There's a blaz

              
e of light in 

     -      
every   word  

            
   It doesn't 

           
matter which y

ou heard
             
The holy or th

            
e broken Halle

     
lujah

[Chorus]
            
Hallelujah,   

            
      Halleluj

            
ah       Halle

            
lujah,        

            
  Hallelu  -  

    
 jah

[Verse 6]
             
Well, maybe th

            
ere's a god ab

              
ove         Bu

             
t all I've eve

  
r learned from

 love
             
Was how to sho

             
ot somebody wh

              
o outdrew you
             
It's not a cry

             
 that you hear

  -          
 at night   It

            
's not somebod

            
y who's seen t

he light
             
It's a cold an

            
d it's a broke

            
n hallelujah

[Chorus]
            
Hallelujah,   

            
      Halleluj

            
ah       Halle

            
lujah,        

            
  Hallelu  -  

    
 jah

[Verse 7]
             
I did my best,

            
 but it wasn't

             
 much    I cou

              
ldn't feel, so

   
 I tried to to

uch
             
I've told the 

             
truth, I didn'

             
t come to fool

      
 you
             
And even thoug

          -  
h it all went 

             
wrong     I'll

             
 stand before 

        
the Lord of So

ng
             
With nothing o

            
n my tongue bu

           
t Hallelujah

[Chorus]
            
Hallelujah,   

            
      Halleluj

            
ah       Halle

            
lujah,        

            
  Hallelu  -  

    
 jah
            
Hallelujah,   

            
      Halleluj

            
ah       Halle

            
lujah,        

            
  Hallelu  -  

 
 jah