On the 11th of December 1984, the track was released. The track was produced by John Lissauer.
Chords Info
- Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
- Key: C
- Capo: 5th fret
- Chords: G, Em, C, D, B7
- Suggested Strumming:
- D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
Track Info
- Song: Hallelujah
- Artist: Leonard Cohen
- Written by John Lissauer
- Produced by John Lissauer
- Album: Various Positions
- Released Date: 11 December 1984
[Verse]
G Now I've heard there
Em
Was a secret chord
G That David played,
Em
and it pleased the Lord
C D But you don't really care
G D
For music, do you?
G It goes like this the
C D
Fourth, the fifth
Em The minor fall,
C
the major lift
D The baffled king
B7 Em
Composing Hallelujah
C Em Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
C G D G D
Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah [Verse]
G Your faith was strong,
Em
But you needed proof
G Em You saw her bathing on the roof
C Her beauty and the
D G D
Moonlight overthrew ya
G C D She tied you to a kitchen chair
Em She broke your throne,
C
And she cut your hair
D And from your lips she
B7 Em
Drew the Hallelujah
C Em Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
C G D G D
Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah
[Verse]
G Em You say I took the name in vain
G Em I don't even know the name
C D But if I did, well really,
G D
What's it to ya?
G There's a blaze of
C D
light in every word
Em It doesn't matter
C
Which you heard
D The holy or the
B7 Em
broken Hallelujah
C Em Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
C G D G D
Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah
[Verse]
G I did my best,
Em
it wasn't much
G I couldn't feel,
Em
so I tried to touch
C I've told the truth,
D G D
I didn't come to fool ya
G And even though it
C D
all went wrong
Em I'll stand before
C
The Lord of Song
D With nothing on my
B7 Em
tongue but Hallelujah
[Outro]
C Em Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
C G D
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
C Em Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
C G D
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
C Em Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
C G D
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
C Em Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
C G D
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
