Intro: / G / Em7 / (play twice)
Verse:
G Em7 G Em7
Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord,
C C (½) D (½) G D G C (½) D (½)
But you don’t really care for music, do you? It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth
Em C D B7 Em Em
The minor fall, the major lift, the baffled king composing Hallelujah!
Chorus:
C C Em Em C C G D G Em7 G Em7
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah!!
Verse:
G Em7 G Em7
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bathing on the roof;
C C (½) D (½) G D G C (½) D (½)
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you. But she tied you to a kitchen chair
Em C D B7 Em Em
She broke your throne, she cut your hair, and from your lips she drew the Hallelujah!
Chorus:
C C Em Em C C G D G Em7 G Em7
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah!!
Verse:
G Em7 G Em7
You say I took the name in vain; But I don’t even know the name.
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But if I did, well, really, what’s it to you? There’s a blaze of light in every word;
Em C D B7 Em Em
It doesn’t matter which you heard; The holy, or the broken Hallelujah!
Chorus:
C C Em Em C C G D G Em7 G Em7
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah!!
G Em7 G Em7
Baby, I’ve been here before. I know this room, I’ve walked this floor.
C C (½) D (½) G D G C (½) D (½)
I used to live alone before I knew you. I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch,
Em C D B7 Em Em
Love is not a victory march. It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah!
Chorus:
C C Em Em C C G D G Em7 G Em7
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah!!
G Em7 G Em7
There was a time you let me know What’s really going on below
C C (½) D (½) G D G C (½) D (½)
But now you never show it to me, do you? I remember when I moved in you,
Em C D B7 Em Em
And the holy dove was moving, too. And every breath we drew was Hallelujah!
Chorus:
C C Em Em C C G D G Em7 G Em7
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah!!
G Em7 G Em7
Now maybe there’s a God above But all I ever learned from love
C C (½) D (½) G D G C (½) D (½)
Is how to shoot at somebody who outdrew you. And it’s not a cry that you hear at night,
Em C D B7 Em Em
It’s not somebody who’s seen the light, it’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah!
Chorus:
C C Em Em C C G D
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u
C C Em Em C C G D
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u
C C Em Em C C G D G (hold)
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah