Hallelujah Chords & Tabs

by Leonard Cohen

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Whole Song:
BPM: 57
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101]

[Verse 1]
         G                   Em        
Now I've heard there was a secret chord
     G                      Em            
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
    C                D                   G  D
But you don't really care for music, do you?
   G                  C           D    
It goes like this the fourth, the fifth
    Em              C         
The minor fall, the major lift
    D               B7          Em   
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
     C           Em          C           G  D G  D
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah

[Verse 2]
     G                         Em          
Your faith was strong, but you needed proof
    G               Em         
You saw her bathing on the roof
    C              D             G       D
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
    G             C       D    
She tied you to a kitchen chair
    Em                         C            
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
    D                  B7            Em   
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
     C           Em          C           G  D G  D
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah

[Verse 3]
    G              Em          
You say I took the name in vain
G            Em           
I don't even know the name
    C              D                 G     D
But if I did, well really, what's it to ya?
          G                 C     D   
There's a blaze of light in every word
   Em             C              
It doesn't matter which you heard
    D           B7          Em   
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
     C           Em          C           G  D G  D
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah

[Verse 4]
  G               Em         
I did my best, it wasn't much
  G                   Em            
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
     C                 D                    GD
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya
    G              C        D    
And even though it all went wrong
     Em               C           
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
     D             B7              Em   
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

[Outro]
     C           Em          C           G D  
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
     C           Em          C           G D  
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
     C           Em          C           G D  
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
     C           Em          C           G D G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You can also arpeggiate the chords:
   G             Em            C             D             B7           
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------2-----|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------1-----|-----3---3---|-------0-----|
G|-------0-----|-------0-----|-----0---0---|---2-------2-|-----2---2---|
D|-----0---0---|-----2---2---|---2-------2-|-0-----------|---1-------1-|
A|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|-3-----------|-------------|-2-----------|
E|-3-----------|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|