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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,
Em C D
the minor fall and the major lift
D Bm 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 YOU
G C D
She tied you to a kitchen chair
Em C D
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
D Bm 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
D Bm 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
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Em C D
but love is not a victory march
D Bm 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
Em C D
and the holy dove was moving too
D Bm 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
And it's no complaint you hear tonight
Em C D
and it's not some pilgrim who's seen the light
D Bm 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,
Em C D
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
D Bm Em
with nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
C Em C G-D-G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Written by Leonard Cohen