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Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah

The document contains lyrics to the song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. It describes a secret chord played by David that pleased the Lord, a king composing while baffled, a woman bathing on a roof whose beauty overthrew someone, and standing before God with nothing but praise on your tongue. The chorus repeats the word "Hallelujah".

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Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah

The document contains lyrics to the song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. It describes a secret chord played by David that pleased the Lord, a king composing while baffled, a woman bathing on a roof whose beauty overthrew someone, and standing before God with nothing but praise on your tongue. The chorus repeats the word "Hallelujah".

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Intro]

C Am C Am
[Verse]
C
Am
Now 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
E
Am
The baffled king composing, Hallelujah.
[Chorus]
F
Am
F
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
C GC
G
Hallelu - jah.
[Verse]
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 ya.
C
F
G
She tied you to a kitchen chair,
Am
F
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair,
G
E
Am
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah.
[Chorus]
F
Am
F
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
C GC
G
Hallelu - jah.

[Verse]
C
Am
You say I took the name in vain,
C
Am
Though I don't even know the name,
F
G
C G
But if I did, well really, what's it to ya?
C
F
G
There's a blaze of light in every word,
Am
F
It doesn't matter which you heard:
G
E
Am
The holy or the broken Hallelujah.
[Chorus]
F
Am
F
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
C GC
G
Hallelu - jah.
[Verse]
C
Am
I did my best, it wasn't much,
C
Am
I couldn't feel so I tried to touch.
F
G
C
G
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya.
C
F
G
And even though it all went wrong
Am
F
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
G
E
Am
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah.
[Chorus]
F
Am
F
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
C GC
G
Hallelu - jah.

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