Hallelujah

Jeff Buckley

Key of C · Chords: I III IV V vi

Intro

C Am C Am

Verse 1

  C                 Am
I 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
Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
    Am                 F
The minor fall and the major lift
    G            E7        Am
The baffled king composing hallelujah

Chorus

F           Am          F           C                 G C Am C Am
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....

Verse 2

           C                        Am
Well, 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 her kitchen chair
    Am                        F
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
    G                  E7       Am
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah

Chorus

F           Am          F           C                 G C Am C Am
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....

Verse 3

C               Am
Baby, I've been here before
     C                       Am
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor, you know
  F                  G        C       G
I used to live alone before 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               E7     Am
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Chorus

F           Am          F           C                 G C Am C Am
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....

Verse 4

            C                   Am
Well, there was a time when you let me know
       C            Am
What's really going on below
    F                       G     C     G
But now you never show that to me do you
    C               F        G
But remember when I moved in you
        Am            F
And the holy dove was moving too
    G               E7       Am
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Chorus

F           Am          F           C                 G C Am C Am
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....

Verse 5

      C               Am
Well, maybe there's a God above
    C             Am
But all I've ever learned from love
    F                     G   C          G
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
         C                  F       G
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
     Am                 F
It's not somebody who's seen the light
       G               E7     Am
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Outro

F           Am          F           C             G
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u ....
F           Am          F           C             G
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u ....
F           Am          F           C G F                                      Am F Am
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-ujah ....
F G C
Halleluuuuuuujah