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Hallelujah
Performed: Jeff Buckley on Live at L'Olympia
| G | Em | G | Em |
| I heard there was a | secret chord, that | David played and it | pleased the Lord |
| C | D | G | D |
but | you don't really | care for music | do you | |
| G | C | D | Em | C | D |
It | goes like this, the | fourth, the | fifth, the | minor fall, and the | major | lift |
| D | B | Em |
| The baffled king | composing halle | lujah |
| C | Em | C | G | D | G | D |
Halle | lujah, halle | lujah, halle | lujah, halle | l- | u- | jah | |
| G | Em | G | Em |
| Your faith was strong but you | needed proof, | you saw her bathing | on the roof |
| C | D | G | D |
Her | beauty and the | moonlight over | threw her | |
| G | C | D | Em | C | D |
| She tied you to a | kitchen | chair, she | broke your throne, and she | cut your | hair |
| D | B | Em |
And | from your lips she | drew the halle | lujah |
| C | Em | C | G | D | G | D |
Halle | lujah, halle | lujah, halle | lujah, halle | l- | u- | jah | |
| G | Em | G | Em |
| You say I took the | name in vain, | I don't even | know the name |
| C | D | G | D |
But | if I did, well | really, what's it | to you? | |
| G | C | D | Em | C | D |
| There's a blaze of light | in every | word, it | doesn't matter | which you | heard |
| D | B | Em |
The | holy or the | broken halle | lujah |
| C | Em | C | G | D | G | D |
Halle | lujah, halle | lujah, halle | lujah, halle | l- | u- | jah | |
| G | Em | G | Em |
| Baby I've beeen | here before, | I know this room, I've | walked this floor |
| C | D | G | D |
I | used to live | alone before I | knew you | |
| G | C | D | Em | C | D |
| I've seen your flag on the | marble | arch, but | love is not a | victory | march |
| D | B | Em |
It's a | cold and it's a | broken halle | lujah |
| C | Em | C | G | D | G | D |
Halle | lujah, halle | lujah, halle | lujah, halle | l- | u- | jah | |
| G | Em | G | Em |
| There was a time when you | let me know, | whats really going | on below |
| C | D | G | D |
but | now you never | show it to me | do you? | |
| G | C | D | Em | C | D |
| I remember when I | moved in | you, and the | holy dove was | moving | too |
| D | B | Em |
and | every breath we | drew was halle | lujah |
| C | Em | C | G | D | G | D |
Halle | lujah, halle | lujah, halle | lujah, halle | l- | u- | jah | |
| G | Em | G | Em |
| Now maybe there's a | god above, | but all I ever | learned from love |
| C | D | G | D |
is | how to shoot at | someone who out | drew you | |
| G | C | D | Em | C | D |
| And it's no complaint you | hear to | night , and it's | not some pilgrim who's | seen the | light |
| D | B | Em |
it's a | cold and it's a | lonely halle | lujah |
| C | Em | C | G | D | G | D |
Halle | lujah, halle | lujah, halle | lujah, halle | l- | u- | jah | |
| G | Em | G | Em |
| I did my best it | wasn't much, | I couldn't feel so I | learned to touch |
| C | D | G | D |
I've | told the truth, I | didn't come to | fool you | |
| G | C | D | Em | C | D |
| And even though it | all went | wrong, I'll | stand before the | lord of | song |
| D | B | Em |
with | nothing on my | tongue but halle | lujah |
| C | Em | C | G | D | G | D |
Halle | lujah, halle | lujah, halle | lujah, halle | l- | u- | jah | |
Created 2009 Sept 15 20:30
This is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.
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