"Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley (Chord Chart)
Song Info
- Key: C major
- Chord Family: C,G,G Whiz
- Skills: Fingerpicking, Open Chords
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INTRO
G5---/E5---/ X4
VERSE 1
G5 Em
I heard there was a secret chord
G5 Em
that David played and it pleased the lord.
C D G/B G
But you don't really care for music, do you?
G/B C D
Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth,
Em C
the minor fall and the major lift.
D B7/D# Em7
The baffled king composing hallelujah.
CHORUS
Em7 D C Em C G/B D/A G5
Hal-le-lujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, halleluu-u-u-uuu-jah ....
Em---/G5---/Em---/
VERSE 2
G5 Em
Well your faith was strong but you needed proof.
G5 Em
You saw her bathing on the roof.
C D G/B G
Her beauty and the moonlight over-threw you.
G/B C D
She tied you to her kitchen chair.
Em C
She broke your throne and she cut your hair,
D B7/D# Em7
and from your lips she drew the hallelujah.
CHORUS
Em7 D C Em C G/B D/A G5
Hal-le-lujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, halleluu-u-u-uuu-jah ....
Em---/G5---/Em---/
VERSE 3
G5 Em
Well baby I've been here before.
G5 Em
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor.
C D G/B G
I used to live alone before I knew you.
G/B C D
I've seen your flag on the marble arch.
Em C
But love is not a victory march.
D B7/D# Em
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah.
CHORUS
Em7 D C Em C G/B D/A G5
Hal-le-lujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, halleluu-u-u-uuu-jah ....
Em---/G5---/Em---/
VERSE 4
G5 Em
Well there was a time when you let me know
G5 Em
what's really going on below,
C D G/B G
but now you never show that to me do you?
G/B C D
But remember when I moved in you
Em C
and the holy dove was moving too,
D B7/D# Em
and every breath we drew was hallelujah.
CHORUS
Em7 D C Em C G/B D/A Cadd9
Hal-le-lujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, halleluu-u-u-uuu-jah ....
BRIDGE
Cadd9---/Dadd11/E---/Dadd11/E---/C---/C---/G/B---/D/A---/
INTERLUDE
G5---/Em7---/G5---/Em---/
VERSE 5
G5 Em
Maybe there's a God above,
G5 Em
but all I've ever learned from love
C D G/B G
was how to shoot at somebody who outdrew you.
G/B C D
And it's not a cry that you hear at night.
Em C
It's not somebody who's seen the light.
D B7/D# Em
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah.
CHORUS
Em7 D C Em C G/B
Hal-le-lujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, halleluu-uuu ....
C Em7 C C Em7 D
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, halleluuu-uuu ....
C Em7/B Em C C Em G D Csus2 G A Em C Em
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, halleluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-uujah ....
C D G
Halleluuuuuuuuuuuuuu-uujah ....
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