Artist Leonard Cohen
Album Various Positions
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Intro:
    Bb           Gm          Bb           Gm
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:
     Bb                 Gm
I've heard there was a secret chord
     Bb                    Gm
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
    Eb                F               Bb       F
But you don't really care for music, do you?

Pre-Chorus:
   Bb                   Eb           F
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
    Gm              Eb
The minor fall, the major lift
    F               Dm          Gm
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Chorus:
     Eb           Gm
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
      Eb          Bb-F-Bb-Bb
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Verse:
     Bb                        Gm
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
    Bb               Gm
You saw her bathing on the roof
    Eb             F             Bb        F
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you

Pre-Chorus:
    Bb 
She tied you
     Eb       F
To a kitchen chair
    Gm     
She broke your throne,
    Eb
she cut your hair
    F                  Dm            Gm
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Chorus:
     Eb           Gm
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
      Eb          Bb-F-Bb-Bb
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Verse:
Bb               Gm
Maybe I've been here before
  Bb                    Gm
I know this room, I've walked this floor
  Eb             F             Bb       F
I used to live alone before I knew you

Pre-Chorus:
     Bb                     Eb      F
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Gm             Eb
love is not a victory march
       F               Dm          Gm
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Chorus:
     Eb           Gm
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
      Eb          Bb-F-Bb-Bb
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

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

Pre-Chorus:
   Bb            Eb        F
Remember when I moved in you?
    Gm            Eb
The holy dark was moving too
    F               Dm            Gm
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Chorus:
     Eb           Gm
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
      Eb          Bb-F-Bb-Bb
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

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

Pre-Chorus:
     Bb                 Eb       F
It's not a cry you can hear at night
     Gm                 Eb
It's not somebody who's seen the light
       F               Dm          Gm
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Outro:
Eb Gm
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Eb Bb-F
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Eb Gm
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Eb Bb-F-Bb
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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438 Comments

  1. XoxMeganxoX
    March 6, 2014 at 18:01  ·  Reply

    Really helpful absolutely love this song :)

  2. cupcakeukulele
    December 19, 2013 at 02:11  ·  Reply

    Does anyone know if you can play this with the Rufus Wainwright version?

  3. sammyf
    October 20, 2013 at 23:55  ·  Reply

    @Xenia: read from left to right, each line is one of your cords (not cHord!), a 0 means open (no fret pressed), a number means press this fret for this particular cord.
    In this intro you press the third fret on the A cord, then start struming slowly down, then back up (keep the third fret on the A-cord pressed), then back down, (release the A-Cord, press the second fret on the G cord), back up, etc …
    The tempo is up to you.
    I might be completely wrong of course, as I’m really just a beginner, but that’s how I understood those notations. On Hallelujah it’s pretty simple thankfully :)

  4. ukulelelover
    October 6, 2013 at 23:30  ·  Reply

    i just ignore the intro @ Xenia

  5. MC
    September 24, 2013 at 00:21  ·  Reply

    I love this song!! Thank you! Now the second song I learned!! <3

  6. ryduple@gmail.com
    September 23, 2013 at 05:42  ·  Reply

    I think Dodgson_here is right about the Em being an E7. Thanks for the chords!

  7. Xenia
    September 23, 2013 at 01:13  ·  Reply

    I think this song is absolutely perfect! But I’ve been playing the ukulele for a while now and I still can’t figure out how to read/play the intro part. What do all those symbols mean? If anyone can help out that would be awesome! Thanks! :)

    • UkeTarSinger
      December 10, 2016 at 02:11  ·  Reply

      Hello Xenia!
      The intro is tablature. Each one of the lines (made of dashes) represent strings on the uke. The numbers mean the fret you put your fingers on.
      Hope it helps

  8. Izze
    September 4, 2013 at 04:07  ·  Reply

    Thanks so much for these awesome chords!

  9. musicrox
    August 13, 2013 at 05:43  ·  Reply

    Hi! These chords are super accurate!!! Thanks so much. Really awesome song! ☺☺

  10. Dodgson_here
    August 11, 2013 at 16:17  ·  Reply

    I think the penultimate chord in the pre-chorus should be E7 not Em. At least when I play it on my own, I prefer the added tension leading to the Am.

    • KStar
      January 24, 2017 at 22:53  ·  Reply

      THIS. A thousand times, this. The E7 (instead of Em) really nails the tension of that note and makes the resolve to Am so much more satisfying. Good ear, Dodgson!

    • emmab22
      March 24, 2017 at 01:15  ·  Reply

      E7 sounds amazing!!!! It might just be a personal preference, as people listening yo me asked why it sounded “different”, but that it great. Thank you so much and even though it’s not in the song here it still sounds great ;)

    • Lili
      April 12, 2017 at 23:36  ·  Reply

      Seconded!!

    • ukuduke
      June 4, 2017 at 23:33  ·  Reply

      I totally agree! The tension adds a more completed feeling once you play the Am, as opposed to the Em, which almost leaves the phrase hanging. I think it could be played either way, but my friends and I have all decided to play the E7 (we’re a small band that mostly plays worship songs and this is one of our favorites).

  11. Carlton
    June 13, 2013 at 06:41  ·  Reply

    This is the first song I ever learned on my uke thank you guys!

  12. Emily
    May 7, 2013 at 19:35  ·  Reply

    i liove this song so much and knowing it on the uki is great

  13. claire
    April 14, 2013 at 00:39  ·  Reply

    hi! i really love this song but it would be help full if you added all the lyrics and chors and put them in the correct order. thank you!

  14. taylorrose
    March 9, 2013 at 06:06  ·  Reply

    Thank you!!! :D

  15. Jonas
    March 7, 2013 at 15:38  ·  Reply

    Apologies for the delay everyone! I have now placed the chords throughout the song! :-)

  16. taylorrose
    March 4, 2013 at 07:49  ·  Reply

    Hi again! I know I’ve already said this, along with a couple of other people but as far as I know, our comments haven’t been seen. Please write out all of the chords to the song!
    Thank you :)

  17. Livi22
    January 27, 2013 at 20:05  ·  Reply

    Yeah, I agree with everyone who has posted comments. It would be sooooo much easier and better if the chords were one the whole song, since it’s sorta hard for me to memorize the chords (I’m only 11!)

  18. Lucas
    November 30, 2012 at 15:56  ·  Reply

    “Hi! I really love this song but since the chord progression changes for the verses, pre-chorus and chorus, it would be extremely helpful if you wrote out the chords for the whole song. It would save everyone who uses this tab having to write it out themselves.

    Thanks :)”

    I totally agree with taylorrose. =]

    Thank you ^^

  19. brianna
    November 27, 2012 at 21:16  ·  Reply

    I love this song so much, but it’d make it a lot easier if you added the cords to all the lyrics! :)

  20. taylorrose
    November 14, 2012 at 06:23  ·  Reply

    Hi! I really love this song but since the chord progression changes for the verses, pre-chorus and chorus, it would be extremely helpful if you wrote out the chords for the whole song. It would save everyone who uses this tab having to write it out themselves.

    Thanks :)

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