Hallelujah Bass Tab by Leonard Cohen

Hallelujah bass tab by Leonard Cohen

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard tuning

Difficulty: intermediate

Song: Hallelujah
Artist: Leonard Cohen
Album: Various Positions (1984)

NOTE: Triplet eighth feel, hence the additional eighth notes (&s)
between each quarter marker.


🏷Legend:
* = staccato
 = slide down

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -


INTRO:

G |-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|
A |-3---------------------5-|
E |-------------3-----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

VERSE 1:

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-3---------2-0-----------|-3---------2-0-----------|-------------------------|
E |-------------------------|-----------------------3-|-1-----------3-----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |---------------------5---|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-3---------------------5-|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|
E |---------0-1-3-----------|-------------1-----3-----|-5---------3-1-----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|-------------------12---|
E |-3-----------0-----------|-5-----------5*----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &


CHORUS 1:

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------3-----------|-------------------------|-------------3-----------|
A |-----------3-------------|-------------------------|-----------3-------------|
E |-1-----------------------|-5---------0-5-----------|-1-----------------------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------5*5---|
A |-3-----------------------|-3---------------------5-|
E |-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

VERSE 2:

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-3---------2-0---------2-|-3---------2-0---------0-|-------------------------|
E |-------------------------|-------------------------|-1-----------3---------3-|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |---------------------5---|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-3---------------------5-|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|
E |---------0-1-3-----------|-------------1-----3-----|-5---------3-1-----1-----|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|-------------------12---|
E |-3---------3-0-----------|-5---------0-5*----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &


CHORUS 2:

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-1---------0-1-----------|-5---------0-5-----------|-1---------0-1-----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------5*5---|
A |-3-----------------------|-3---------------------5-|
E |-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &


VERSE 3:

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-3---------2-0-----------|-3---------2-0-----------|-------------------------|
E |-------------------------|-----------------------3-|-1-----------3---------3-|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-3---------------------5-|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|
E |---------0-1-3-----------|-------------1-----3-----|-5---------3-1-----1---1-|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|-------------------12---|
E |-3-----------0---------0-|-5-----------5*----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

CHORUS 3:

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-1---------0-1-----------|-5---------0-5-----------|-1---------0-1-----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------5*5---|
A |-3-----------------------|-3---------------------5-|
E |-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

VERSE 4:

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-3-----------0-----------|-3-----------0-----------|-------------------------|
E |-------------------------|-----------------------3-|-1-----------3---------3-|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|
E |-----------1-3---------3-|-------------1-----3-----|-5---------0-1-----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|-------------------12---|
E |-3-----------0-----------|-5-----5---0-5*----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &


OUT-CHORUS

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-1---------0-1-----------|-5---------0-5-----------|-1---------0-1-----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------5-----5-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-3-------------5-----5---|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-----------------3-----3-|-1-----1*----------------|-5---------0-5-----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------5-----5-----|-------------------------|
A |-----------3-------------|-3-----3-------5-----5---|-------------------------|
E |-1-----------1-----------|-----------------3-----3-|-1-----1---0-1-----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------5-----5-----|
A |-------------------------|-----------3-------------|-3-------------5-----5---|
E |-5---------0-5-----------|-1-----------1-----------|-----------------3-----0-|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

    (Volume Fade)
G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-1---------0-1-----------|-5-----------5-----------|-1-----------1-----------|
    1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &   1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

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