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Hallelujah Tab

by Leonard Cohen


                   
I heard there was a secret chord 
                        
that David played and it pleased the Lord 
                                   
But you don't really care for music do you
                               
It goes like this the fourth the fifth 
                     
the minor fall and the major lift 
                            
The baffled king composing Hallelujah 
                                   
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

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

                    
Well maybe 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, Hallelujah  
         
                    
Well maybe there’s a God above
              
And all I ever learned from love
                                  
Was how to shoot at someone who out drew you
                             
It’s not a cry that you 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, Hallelujah 

                  
You say I took the name in vain 
            
I don't even know the name 
                                   
But if I did, well really, what's it to you? 
                                
There's a blaze of light in every word 
                
It doesn't matter which you heard 
                          
The holy or the broken Hallelujah 
                                   
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

                 
I did my best, it wasn't much 
                     
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch 
                                   
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you 
                          
And even though it all went wrong 
                    
I'll stand before the Lord of Song 
                                 
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah 
                                   
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah