"Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen Ukulele Tabs on UkuTabs

Artist	Leonard Cohen
Album	Various Positions
Genre(s)	blues • Canadian • folk • rock • singer-songwriter
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Intro:
    C           Am          C           Am
xA|----3-----3-----0-----0-----3-----3-----0-----0----|
xE|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---|
xC|--0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0--|
xG|-0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----2-----2-------|

Verse:
     C                 Am
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?

Pre-Chorus:
   C                   F           G
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
    Am              F
The minor fall, the major lift
    G               Em          Am
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Chorus:
     F           Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
      F          C-G-C-C
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

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 in the moonlight overthrew you

Pre-Chorus:
    C 
She tied you
     F       G
To a kitchen chair
    Am     
She broke your throne,
    F
she cut your hair
    G                  Em            Am
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Chorus:
     F           Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
      F          C-G-C-C
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Verse:
C               Am
Maybe I've been here before
  C                    Am
I know this room, I've walked this floor
  F             G             C       G
I used to live alone before I knew you

Pre-Chorus:
     C                     F      G
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Am             F
love is not a victory march
       G               Em          Am
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Chorus:
     F           Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
      F          C-G-C-C
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Verse:
      C                Am
There was a time you'd let me know
C                     Am
What's real and going on below
    F             G             C       G
But now you never show it to me do you?

Pre-Chorus:
   C            F        G
Remember when I moved in you?
    Am            F
The holy dark was moving too
    G               Em            Am
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Chorus:
     F           Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
      F          C-G-C-C
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Verse:
C               Am
Maybe there's a God above
    C          Am
And all I ever learned from love
    F               G              C        G
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you

Pre-Chorus:
     C                 F       G
It's not a cry you can hear at night
     Am                 F
It's not somebody who's seen the light
       G               Em          Am
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Outro:
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C-G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C-G-C
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

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351 Comments

YourFace
December 16, 2018 at 19:26 · Reply
nonono pooppy not nice
wegedibels
Bayboo
December 7, 2018 at 21:03 · Reply
I’m just a beginner this is my third song that I have learned
EthanEthan
November 28, 2018 at 15:26 · Reply
Try the strum pattern DDU UDU. You’ll do that once for each lyric.
Xombie
November 19, 2018 at 15:04 · Reply
I love this song so much but i reather play it on piano
QuargaPie
November 12, 2018 at 04:21 · Reply
I prefer it at -2. To me, that sounds like a better key if you’re singing it too.
Beebo's Forehead
November 10, 2018 at 00:31 · Reply
AM I the only one who instead of singing the actual song, uses this to play the My Chalupa par of Taco Bell Saga by Twenty One Pilots? XD
- Dying In LA
  November 13, 2018 at 23:07 · Reply
  Same! I thought that I was the only one! 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
- chlojoeytoep
  November 17, 2018 at 22:42 · Reply
  YES I SWEAR ITS JUST THE CLIQUE THAT TAKES OVER UKUTABS!
  TB SAGA IS ON HERE THO
Bobo
November 8, 2018 at 21:29 · Reply
Thank you for this tab! It’s really simple and sounds just right to me! :D
Rafa
November 6, 2018 at 01:35 · Reply
This is the second song i learn (im just beggining with the ukulele) and i think this song is beautiful.
Lee West
November 4, 2018 at 03:17 · Reply
DDUU sounds really good to me, and the part of the pre-chorus with f and g real close requires a quicker change (like down on F and then up on G), but otherwise it’s real simple and sounds almost exactly like the real thing
- Izzy P
  December 20, 2018 at 19:20 · Reply
  On the F to G part I do, DU-DU then go back to the DDUU.
Mara
November 3, 2018 at 19:48 · Reply
What is the strumming supposed to be?
- Ebba
  November 8, 2018 at 15:48 · Reply
  DDUU
- Ethan
  November 28, 2018 at 15:27 · Reply
  DDU UDU is a better one to me.
RyLasko
November 2, 2018 at 03:08 · Reply
Some people might call a pre-chorus… a… VERSE?!?!
- Bobo
  November 8, 2018 at 21:29 · Reply
  No, a pre-chorus and a verse are two different things. A pre-chorus is a part that repeats before the chorus. But I get you might be confused about that ;)
Nakana
October 29, 2018 at 22:20 · Reply
I’m confused how 2 play the song
- Morgan
  November 25, 2018 at 02:14 · Reply
  I prefer to use the strumming patter D DUDU for this song
Happy Customer
October 24, 2018 at 15:52 · Reply
This and really helped me learn the uke
Gullipoop
October 5, 2018 at 06:02 · Reply
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