Hallelujah Chords by Leonard Cohen

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
Hallelujah

Track Info

[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

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