play Hallelujah - by Leonard Cohen

from Turn Here - Cogtone 015 - 2009

                 |E                                 |C#m
Now I've heard there was a secret chord
         |E                                    |C#m
That David played and it pleased the Lord
       |A                           |B                          |E          |A B
But you don't really care for music do you
   |E                                |A                 B             |C#m                   |A
It goes like this the fourth the fifth the minor fall the major lift
        |B                             |Ab                   |C#m  |C#m/B bass
The baffled king composing Hallelujah


Chorus            |A |A                |C#m |C#m         |A |A                |E |B
          Hallelujah… Hallelujah… Hallelujah… Hallelu… jah

Intro

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair broke your throne she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Chorus

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Chorus
Solo Verse
Chorus

I did my best… it wasn't much
I couldn't feel so I tried to touch
I've told the truth I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Chorus

Credits:

Don Conoscenti: Lead Vocals, Bass, Acoustic and Electric Guitars
Patrick Turnmire: Engineering, Mixing and Mastering
Mark Dudrow: Cello

Leonard Cohen - Sony/ATV Music

updated 3 years ago

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Hallelujah!Sunday, February 24th 2013 7:35PM

What a beautiful, beautiful song! We loved seeing you work with all of the artists in Taos and were thoroughly greatful and impressed!

~ JudySunday, April 8th 2012 10:20PM

Schaefer

So beautiful!Sunday, April 8th 2012 10:18PM

Yours is such a beautiful rendition, Don, thank you! I feel warm & fuzzy all over.

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