Hallelujah – John Cale

Hallelujah Lyrics and Chords

Album: Fragments of a Rainy Season
Original: Leonard Cohen

Verse 1

……..C                            Am
I’ve heard there was a secret chord
……….C
That David played,
………….Am
And it pleased the Lord.
…….F                         G
But you don’t really care for music,
C              G
Do you?
…C
It goes like this
………F               G
The fourth, the fifth.
………Am                 F
The minor fall, the major lift.
………G                        Em                Am
The baffled king composing Hallelujah.

………..F
Hallelujah,
……….Am
Hallelujah,
……….F
Hallelujah,
………..Am  G     C    G
Hallelu ……… jah.

Verse 2

……….C
Your faith was strong
…………….Am
But you needed proof.
……..C                         Am
You saw her bathing on the roof.
……..F                        G
Her beauty and the moonlight
……….C              G
Overthrew you.
………C                  F                 G
She tied you to a kitchen chair
……..Am
She broke your throne,
……..F
She cut your hair.
………G
And from your lips
……..Em                   Am
She drew the Hallelujah

……….F
Hallelujah,
……….Am
Hallelujah,
……….F
Hallelujah,
……….Am  G     C    G
Hallelu ……… jah.

Verse 3

C                          Am
Maybe I’ve been here before.
..C
I know this room,
…….Am
I’ve walked this floor.
…F                          G
I used to live alone before
..C                G
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                     Em                Am
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.

………F
Hallelujah,
………Am
Hallelujah,
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am  G     C    G
Hallelu ……… jah.

Verse 4

…………C                           Am
There was a time you’d let me know
…………..C                          Am
What’s real and going on below.
…….F                                 G
But now you never show it to me,
C            G
Do you?
……C                        F              G
I remember when I moved in you?
……………Am                   F
But the Holy Dove was moving too.
………G                        Em                    Am
And every breath we drew was hallelujah.

……….F
Hallelujah,
……….Am
Hallelujah,
……….F
Hallelujah,
……….Am  G     C    G
Hallelu ……… jah.

Verse 5

………C                         Am
And maybe there’s a God above.
………C                   Am
And all I ever learned from love
……….F                        G
Was how to shoot at someone
………………C             G
Who outdrew you.
……………C                            F          G
And it’s not a cry that you hear tonight.
…….Am                            F
It’s not somebody who’s seen the light.
……….G                    Em                Am
It’s a cold and its a broken hallelujah.

………F
Hallelujah,
………Am
Hallelujah,
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am
Hallelujah,

………F
Hallelujah,
………Am
Hallelujah,
………F
Hallelujah,
………Am  G     C    G
Hallelu ……… jah.

End