HALLELUJA on the following CD's: VARIOUS POSITIONS COHEN LIVE 1994 ...
6/8 Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen
G Em
I heard there was a secret chord
G Em
that David played and it pleased the Lord,
C 2x (D) G (D)
But you don't really care for music do you.
G /C D
It goes like this the fourth the fifth, Cale 1
/Em /C D
the minor fall and the major lift
/Em(D) D(D7/+?) Em
The baffled king composing hallelujah
C Em C G-D-G
Halleluja, Halleluja, Halleluja, Halleluja
G Em
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
G Em
You saw her bathing on the roof
C G
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew her Cale 2
G /C D
She tied you to a kitchen chair
/Em /C D
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
/Em(D) D Em
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
C Em C G-D-G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
G Em
You say I took the name in vain
G Em
I don't even know the name
C G
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
G /C D
There's a blaze of light in every word
/Em /C D
It doesn't matter which you heard
/Em(D) D Em
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
C Em C G-D-G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
G Em
Baby I've beeen here before.
G Em
I know this room I've walked this floor.
C G
I used to live alone before I knew you.
G C D Cale 3/Cohen 1
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Em C D
but love is not a victory march
Em D Em
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
C Em C G-D-G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
G Em
There was a time you let me know
G Em
whats really going on below
C G
but now you never show it to me do you?
G C D
I remember when I moved in you Cale 4/Cohen 2
Em C D
and the holy dove was moving too
Em D Em
and every breath we drew was Hallelujah
C Em C G-D-G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
G Em
Now maybe there's a god above
G Em
but all I ever learned from love
C G
is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
G C D Cale 5/Cohen 3
And it's no complaint you hear tonight
Em C D
and it's not some pilgrim who's seen the light
Em D Em
it's a cold and it's a lonely Hallelujah
C Em C G-D-G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
G Em
I did my best it wasn't much.
G Em
I couldn't feel so I learned to touch.
C G
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you.
G C D
And even though it all went wrong, Cohen 4
Em C D
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
Em D Em
with nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
C Em C G-D-G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
From: affleck@ug.cs.dal.ca (Roderick Affleck)
Subject: Re: Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Well, this is how I play it, in G. I'm more familiar with the version that
John Cale did on the I'm Your fan tribute, which was in C, but that's too
much of a pain in the ass for me. Transpose it down a fifth if you wish.
G Em
I heard there was a secret chord
G Em
that David played and it pleased the Lord,
C G
But you don't really care for music do you.
G C D
It goes like this the fourth the fifth,
Em C D
the minor fall and the major lift
D Em
The baffled king composing hallelujah
C Em C G-D-G
Halleluja, Halleluja, Halleluja, Halleluja
Easy.
Roderick
From: Harlan L Thompson
HALLELUJAH- Leonard Cohen
C G
C C/B Am
Now I C C/B Am
that David played and it pleased the Lord
F G C G
But you don't really care for music do ya
C F E
It goes like this the fourth the fifth
Am F
the minor fall and the major lift
G E Am
The baffled king composing hallelujah
F Am F C G C G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Ich hört' mal von einer geheimen Saite
Die David zupft' und den Herrn erfreute
Doch Musik ist dir schnuppe, was meinst du, na?
Man spielt sie so
Die vier, die fünf
Zum Moll hinab, zum Dur empor
So hielt der König seine Eingebung fest vom Halleluja
Dein Glaube war stark, doch du wollt'st sicher sein
Du sahst sie baden durchs Fenster herein
Von Schönheit und Mondlicht verzaubert saßt du da
Sie band dich fest
Am Küchenstuhl gar
Sie brach deinen Thron und schnitt dein Haar
Und von deinen Lippen nahm sie das Halleluja
Du behauptest ich gebrauche den Namen schlecht
Dabei kenne ich ihn selber nicht recht
Und wenn ich ihn wüßte, was sagtest du da?
Es gibt einen Glanz
In jeglichem Wort
Unwichtig, was du hörtest dort
Das heilige oder das gebrochene Halleluja
Ich tat was ich konnte, viel war es nicht
Ich versucht' es zu greifen, weil am Gefühl es gebricht
Ich sagte die Wahrheit und machte dir nichts vor
Wenn auch alles
Mißlingen oder schief gehn soll
Ich werd' stehn vor dem Herrn der Lieder voll
Mit nichts sonst auf dem Lippen als Halleluja