Hallelujah Chords & Tabs

by Jeff Buckley

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Suggested Pattern:
BPM: 69
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [3, 202, 1, 103, 1, 101, 3, 202, 1, 103, 1, 101]
Alternative Pattern 1:
BPM: 69
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 101]
Alternative Pattern 2:
BPM: 69
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101]
Capo 1 for the official video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4
No capo for the original studio version  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIF4_Sm-rgQ

[Intro]
C Am C Am

[Verse 1]
  C                 Am          
I heard there was a secret chord
     C                   Am              
That David played and it pleased the Lord
    F                         G      C      G
But you don't really care for music, do you?
        C                  F           G    
Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
    Am                 F         
The minor fall and the major lift
    G               E7          Am   
The baffled king composing hallelujah

[Chorus]
     F           Am          F           C    G   C      Am C
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....

[Verse 2]
           C                        Am          
Well, your faith was strong but you needed proof
    C               Am         
You saw her bathing on the roof
    F                        G   C        G
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
    C               F       G    
She tied you to her kitchen chair
    Am                        F            
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
    G                  E7            Am   
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah

[Chorus]
     F           Am          F           C    G   C      Am C
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....

[Verse 3]
C               Am         
Baby, I've been here before
     C                       Am                         
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor, you know
  F                    G      C       G
I used to live alone before I knew you
     C                     F      G   
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
    Am            F            
And love is not a victory march
       G               E7          Am   
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

[Chorus]
     F           Am          F           C    G   C      Am C
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....

[Verse 4]
            C                   Am         
Well, there was a time when you let me know
       C            Am      
What's really going on below
    F                       G     C     G
But now you never show that to me do you
      C             F        G  
But remember when I moved in you
        Am            F         
And the holy dove was moving too
    G               E7            Am   
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

[Chorus]
     F           Am          F           C    G   C      Am C
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....

[Verse 5]
      C               Am       
Well, maybe there's a God above
    C             Am               
But all I've ever learned from love
    F                     G      C       G
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
         C                  F       G    
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
     Am                 F             
It's not somebody who's seen the light
       G               E7          Am   
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

[Outro]
     F           Am          F           C    G       
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u ....
     F           Am          F           C    G       
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u ....
     F           Am          F               C     G    F    Am   F   Am           
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-ujah ....
     F   G     C
Halleluuuuuuujah