Hallelujah Chords by Leonard Cohen

Hallelujah chords by Leonard Cohen

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Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights

Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is a haunting ballad featuring his signature deep vocals and poetic lyrics. The song's sparse arrangement allows Cohen's introspective lyrics to shine, with themes of love, spirituality, and redemption. The track's emotional impact is heightened by the use of a melancholic chord progression and subtle instrumentation, including delicate guitar picking and ethereal backing vocals. Cohen's masterful storytelling and evocative delivery have made "Hallelujah" a timeless classic.

Hallelujah
Music and lyrics by Leonard Cohen
Submitted to GTE by: johnK
Standard tuning EADGBe

Chords:
C 332010
Am 002210
F 133211
G 320003 or 320033
Em 022000

Arpeggio something like this,
using whatever chord is played
e--------------x---------------------
B-----------------x------------------
G--------x-----------x--------------
D-----x------------------------------
A--x---------------------------------
E------------------------------------

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Intro:
C  Am  C  Am  C  Am  C  Am

Verse:
      C                 Am
I've heard there was a secret chord
      C                      Am
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
     Am                F
The minor fall, the major lift
     G                Em            Am
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Chorus:
      F           Am           F           C  G C    G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu - jah

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

      F           Am           F           C  G C    G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu - jah

Baby I've been here before, I know this room
I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the Marble Arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu - jah

There was a time you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
I remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu - jah

Maybe there's a God above, all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who out drew you
And it's not a cry you can hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu - jah

Last updated: July 2, 2025

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