Hallelujah Chords by Leonard Cohen

[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

ℹ️ About This Song

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

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• Song: Hallelujah
• Artist: Leonard Cohen
• Written by John Lissauer
• Produced by John Lissauer
• Album: Various Positions
• Released Date: 11 December 1984