"Hallelujah" on ukulele by Leonard Cohen • UkuTabs

Artist	Leonard Cohen
Album	Various Positions
Genre	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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387 Comments

jenni
May 7, 2019 at 06:38 · Reply
i use DDU-UDU with a faster pace
Eloise
April 30, 2019 at 10:59 · Reply
i love this song and it is really easy to play on the uke.
angel
April 15, 2019 at 22:23 · Reply
prayers for france
- Foxpattern
  April 16, 2019 at 20:00 · Reply
  Prayers for Notre Dame.
  - polarboi
    April 19, 2019 at 19:50
    yesssss!!!!!
- Summer
  April 19, 2019 at 02:15 · Reply
  Yesss❤️
- chantal
  April 19, 2019 at 18:15 · Reply
  amen.
Hola
April 4, 2019 at 04:41 · Reply
I love this song cause it’s so easy
Hola
April 4, 2019 at 04:39 · Reply
I love playing the song because it’s really easy
- Raven
  May 7, 2019 at 03:37 · Reply
  +2 works best for me
Anonymous
April 3, 2019 at 02:36 · Reply
I love this song once you perfect your singing it just makes everyone smile.
Madie
March 12, 2019 at 22:59 · Reply
What is the strumming pattern
- andy
  March 17, 2019 at 01:42 · Reply
  you just play D-D D-D D-D
  - Mich
    March 18, 2019 at 21:08
    New to this …. I dont understand what you mean by D-D D-D D-D?
  - FeanorTheUke
    March 22, 2019 at 00:28
    Down Down Down
    Though I prefer finger picking GAE
- KnuffleZo
  March 31, 2019 at 05:31 · Reply
  I used d-d-u-u-d-u for most of it but sometimes when the chords went for a shorter amount of time I’d do d-d-u then go straight to the next chord with d-d-u-u-d-u
Lagerstrom
March 5, 2019 at 00:44 · Reply
YYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Dashel
  April 29, 2019 at 17:00 · Reply
  It’s a pain, but that Em at the baffled king line is an E major–that gets you the G# note that makes the V of Am. Thank you for all of the beautiful work on this site!!
Launa
February 21, 2019 at 02:55 · Reply
I made my own cool strumming pattern to go with this song its, DD UUUU.
It sound goof if you dont like it you can pluck or use, DD UDU!
SuperHulk6
February 20, 2019 at 00:49 · Reply
i use the pattern dd uu it sort of sounds like the song but i will try dd udu and see if it sounds better
Lightningthief123
February 3, 2019 at 06:14 · Reply
I pretty much love this song!!!