Hallelujah - Capo 5
by Leonard Cohen, as performed by Jeff Buckley

Intro:  / G - - - - - / Em7 - - - - - / x2
 
         G                 Em7               G                   Em7
Now I've heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord,
    C (1 1/2)        D (1/2)         G         D  G                   C (1/2)     D (1/2)
But you don't really care for music, do you?   It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth
    Em              C               D            B7             Em7 (2)
The minor fall, the major lift, the baffled king composing Hallelujah!
 
Chorus:
     C (2)       Em (2)      C (2)       G  D G   Em7   G  Em7
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah!
 
        G                                  Em7                      G                      Em7
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bathing on the roof;
        C (1 1/2)                          D ( 1/2) G         D            G                 C ( 1/2)      D ( 1/2)
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you. But she tied you to a kitchen chair
        Em                              C                          D                        B7                Em7 (2)
She broke your throne, she cut your hair, and from your lips she drew the Hallelujah! (Chorus)
 
        G                    Em7                G                      Em7
You say I took the name in vain; But I don't even know the name.
      C (1 1/2)                       D ( 1/2) G       D                G                   C ( 1/2)  D ( 1/2)
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you? There's a blaze of light in every word;
     Em                   C                              D                B7            Em7 (2)
It doesn't matter which you heard; The holy, or the broken Hallelujah!  (Chorus)
 
 G                     Em7                G                             Em7
Baby, I've been here before. I know this room, I've walked this floor.
   C (1 1/2)                     D ( 1/2) G         D       G                                C ( 1/2) D ( 1/2)
I used to live alone before I knew you. I've seen your flag on the marble   arch,
  Em              C                            D                     B7           Em7 (2)
Love is not a victory march. It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah!  (Chorus)
 
           G                   Em7           G                            Em7
There was a time you let me know What's really going on below
        C (1 1/2)                     D ( 1/2)  G         D      G                       C ( 1/2)     D ( 1/2)
But now you never show it to me, do you? I remember when I moved in you,
             Em                   C                       D                         B7              Em7 (2)
And the holy dove was moving, too. And every breath we drew was Hallelujah!  (Chorus)
 
          G                    Em7               G             Em7
Now maybe there's a God above But all I ever learn from love
    C (1 1/2)                                  D ( 1/2)  G         D           G                           C ( 1/2) D ( 1/2)
Is how to shoot at somebody who   outdrew you. And it's not a cry that you hear at night,
       Em                           C                           D                   B7           Em7 (2)
It's not somebody who's seen the light, it's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah!  (Chorus)
 
Chorus:
       C (2)         Em (2)       C (2)        G  D 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-
       C (2)         Em (2)       C (2)        G  D 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-
       C (2)         Em (2)       C (2)        G  D  G (hold)
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah!