Written by Leonard Cohen
Intro: G Em7/B G Em7 G Em7 G Em7 C9 D G4 D G C9 D Em7/B C9 D5 B/F# A5/E G(nos5) Em7 C9 Em Em7 C9 E/G D G G Em7/B G Em7/B G A I heard there was a secret chord G A that David played and it pleased the Lord F G C G But you don't really care for music do you C F G It goes like this the fourth the fifth Fm Am the minor fall and the major lift G Em Am The baffled king composing Hallelujah, F Hallelujah, Am Hallelujah, F Hallelujah, C G C Hallelujah G Em7/B G Em7 G Em7 Your faith was strong but you needed proof G4 Em7 You saw her bathing on the roof C9 D G D Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you G C9 D She tied you to a kitchen chair Em7 C9 She broke your throne, and she cut your hair D Bm Em7 And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah C9 Hallelujah, Em7 Hallelujah, C9 Hallelujah, G Hallelujah D G Hallelujah G Em7/B G Em7 G Em7 You say I took the name in vain G Em7 I don't even know the name C9 D G D But if I did, well really, what's it to you? G C9 D There's a blaze of light in every word Em7 C9 It doesn't matter which you heard D Bm Em7 The holy or the broken Hallelujah C9 Hallelujah, Em7 Hallelujah, C9 Hallelujah, G D G Hallelujah, G Em7/B G Em7 C9 D G Hallelujah