Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

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Capo: Fret 5
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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[Verse 1]
             
Now I've heard

              
 there was a s

 
ecret chord
             
That David pla

              
yed, and it pl


eased the Lord
             
But you don't 

             
really care fo

             
r music, do yo

                    
u?
             
It goes like t

             
his the fourth

      
, the fifth
            
The minor fall

            
, the major li

ft
             
The baffled ki

            
ng composing H

    
allelujah
             
Hallelujah, Ha

            
llelujah, Hall

            
elujah, Hallel

     
u-u-jah

[Verse 2]
             
Your faith was

              
 strong, but y

   
ou needed proo

f
             
You saw her ba

      
thing on the r

oof
             
Her beauty and

             
 the moonlight

             
 overthrew ya
             
She tied you t

           
o a kitchen ch

air
            
She broke your

              
 throne, and s

             
he cut your ha

  
ir
             
And from your 

            
lips she drew 

         
the Hallelujah
             
Hallelujah, Ha

            
llelujah, Hall

            
elujah, Hallel

     
u-u-jah

[Verse 3]
             
You say I took

     
 the name in v

ain
            
I don't even k


now the name
             
But if I did, 

             
well really, w

             
hat's it to ya

  
?
             
There's a blaz

              
e of light in 

     
every word
            
It doesn't mat

             
ter which you 

  
heard
             
The holy or th

            
e broken Halle


lujah
             
Hallelujah, Ha

            
llelujah, Hall

            
elujah, Hallel

     
u-u-jah

[Verse 4]
             
I did my best,

    
 it wasn't muc

h
             
I couldn't fee

        
l, so I tried 

to touch
             
I've told the 

             
truth, I didn'

              
t come to fool

     
 ya
             
And even thoug

             
h it all went 


wrong
            
I'll stand bef

             
ore the Lord o

 
f Song
             
With nothing o

            
n my tongue bu

       
t Hallelujah

[Outro]
             
Hallelujah, Ha

            
llelujah, Hall

            
elujah, Hallel

 
ujah
             
Hallelujah, Ha

            
llelujah, Hall

            
elujah, Hallel

 
ujah
             
Hallelujah, Ha

            
llelujah, Hall

            
elujah, Hallel

 
ujah
             
Hallelujah, Ha

            
llelujah, Hall

            
elujah, Hallel

  
ujah


You can also arpeggiate the chords:

             
e|------------
B|------------
G|-------0----
D|-----0---0--
A|---2-------2
E|-3----------

            
-|------------
-|------------
-|-------0----
-|-----2---2--
-|---2-------2
-|-0----------

             
-|------------
-|-------1----
-|-----0---0--
-|---2-------2
-|-3----------
-|------------

             
-|-------2----
-|-----3---3--
-|---2-------2
-|-0----------
-|------------
-|------------

   
-|------------
-|-------0----
-|-----2---2--
-|---1-------1
-|-2----------
-|------------

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