This is a beautiful song off Buckley's debut 1994 album "Grace." The original was by
Leonard Cohen but I transcribed this from Buckey's version. My tab is similar to the
first tab of this song but there are some changes and I've included all the lyrics.
Standard TuningIntro: CAmCAmCAm
I heard there was a secret chord
CAm
That David played and it pleased the lord
FGCG
But you don't really care for music, do you?
CFG
Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
AmF
The minor fall and the major lift
GEmAm
The baffled king composing hallelujah
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Chorus:
FAmFCGC
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....
CAm
Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
CAm
You saw her bathing on the roof
FGCG
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
CFG
She tied you to her kitchen chair
AmF
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
GEmAm
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah
FAmFCGC
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....
CAm
Baby I've been here before
CAm
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
FGCG
I used to live alone before I knew you
CFG
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
AmF
But love is not a victory march
GEmAm
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
FAmFCGC
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....
CAm
Well there was a time when you let me know
CAm
What's really going on below
FGCG
But now you never show that to me do you
CFG
But remember when I moved in you
AmF
And the holy dove was moving too
GEmAm
And every breath we drew was hallelujah
CAm
Well, maybe there's a god above
CAm
But all I've ever learned from love
FGCG
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
CFG
It's not a cry that you hear at night
AmF
It's not somebody who's seen the light
GEmAm
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
FAmFCGC
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....
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