"Hallelujah" on ukulele by Leonard Cohen • UkuTabs

Artist	Leonard Cohen
Album	Various Positions
Genre(s)	blues • Canadian • folk • rock • singer-songwriter
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Intro:
    Db           Bbm          Db           Bbm
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:
     Db                 Bbm
I've heard there was a secret chord
     Db                    Bbm
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
    Gb                Ab               Db       Ab
But you don't really care for music, do you?

Pre-Chorus:
   Db                   Gb           Ab
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
    Bbm              Gb
The minor fall, the major lift
    Ab               Fm          Bbm
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Chorus:
     Gb           Bbm
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
      Gb          Db-Ab-Db-Db
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Verse:
     Db                        Bbm
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
    Db               Bbm
You saw her bathing on the roof
    Gb             Ab             Db        Ab
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you

Pre-Chorus:
    Db 
She tied you
     Gb       Ab
To a kitchen chair
    Bbm     
She broke your throne,
    Gb
she cut your hair
    Ab                  Fm            Bbm
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Chorus:
     Gb           Bbm
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
      Gb          Db-Ab-Db-Db
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Verse:
Db               Bbm
Maybe I've been here before
  Db                    Bbm
I know this room, I've walked this floor
  Gb             Ab             Db       Ab
I used to live alone before I knew you

Pre-Chorus:
     Db                     Gb      Ab
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Bbm             Gb
love is not a victory march
       Ab               Fm          Bbm
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Chorus:
     Gb           Bbm
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
      Gb          Db-Ab-Db-Db
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Verse:
      Db                Bbm
There was a time you'd let me know
Db                     Bbm
What's real and going on below
    Gb             Ab             Db       Ab
But now you never show it to me do you?

Pre-Chorus:
   Db            Gb        Ab
Remember when I moved in you?
    Bbm            Gb
The holy dark was moving too
    Ab               Fm            Bbm
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Chorus:
     Gb           Bbm
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
      Gb          Db-Ab-Db-Db
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Verse:
Db               Bbm
Maybe there's a God above
    Db          Bbm
And all I ever learned from love
    Gb               Ab              Db        Ab
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you

Pre-Chorus:
     Db                 Gb       Ab
It's not a cry you can hear at night
     Bbm                 Gb
It's not somebody who's seen the light
       Ab               Fm          Bbm
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Outro:
Gb Bbm
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Gb Db-Ab
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Gb Bbm
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Gb Db-Ab-Db
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

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438 Comments

Ukulele_Wolf_World236
June 19, 2018 at 19:23 · Reply

I just played this song for my first time and I got it completely correct! I love this song and it’s soooo easy to play!
niamh ross
June 19, 2018 at 15:07 · Reply

if you play G7 instead of G and E7 instad of Em it sound a lot more like the song
rusty
June 19, 2018 at 12:56 · Reply

I’m playing E7 rather than E minor. It sounds OK. Love the site.
- coppertop
  July 24, 2018 at 08:52 · Reply
  
  Instead of E7 try a Ddim7…
  
  1-2-1-2
  or
  4-5-4-5
  
  I prefer 4-5-4-5. When you hear it, I think you’ll agree.
- 22LydiaJoy
  August 14, 2018 at 07:32 · Reply
  
  It think it sounds best at -5. I don’t think it’s too hard, and I only started a little over a week ago.
....
June 19, 2018 at 01:21 · Reply

i love this song!!!!!
A wild nugget
June 12, 2018 at 00:39 · Reply

I actually just pluck 2 3 1 4, 1 3 2 (on the strings) it sounds good to me tbh
- nora_the_musical
  June 16, 2018 at 19:26 · Reply
  
  I do the same thing lol
Lucential
June 8, 2018 at 20:57 · Reply

I’ve found that if you play Em for the second hallelujah in the chorus and Em G C for the fourth it sounds pretty good
Bla
June 2, 2018 at 20:39 · Reply

Ddu
Lil
May 29, 2018 at 08:59 · Reply

My friends at my school are singing hallelujah, so I thought it would be kinda cool if I learnt it on ukulele and surprise them. (and the strumming patter is down down up up)
- Patrick Keane
  June 3, 2018 at 16:26 · Reply
  
  You can just pick the chords, it sounds good
IJustLikePlayingTheUke
May 27, 2018 at 17:00 · Reply

It works a lot better with a low G string, sadly, I lost mine a while ago and had to restring my ukulele with a high G string
Brownie
May 27, 2018 at 07:42 · Reply

The best strumming pattern more me is…. None! Lol I just strum it once and it really adds to the air of emotion in the song.
- Brownie
  May 27, 2018 at 07:43 · Reply
  
  the best strumming pattern FOR me
- Broadway_Bash
  June 12, 2018 at 21:58 · Reply
  
  i agree. It adds attention to the beautiful melodies and lyrics of the song
  
  but thats just my opinion.
Impromptu
May 26, 2018 at 23:07 · Reply

Hey Mazdri , I like to go like d,d,u,d,d,u,etc.
Impromptu
May 26, 2018 at 23:05 · Reply

I love love love this song IT IS SO PRETTY!!!!!!!!!!
Survivor
May 26, 2018 at 22:14 · Reply

Great song, would it be proper to do e7 instead of em? Just for the transition.

some…BODY once told me.
fickle-lemon
May 24, 2018 at 04:02 · Reply

I usually try to play a song by ear and then look it up to see if I’m doing it right. I taught myself in -7 so it is easy for me and it’s my favorite way to play it. Plus its easier for me to sing.
- 22webbm
  June 9, 2018 at 21:48 · Reply
  
  This Helped Me Soooo Much! Thank You! My Voice Doesn’t Go As High As The Ukulele If I Used Transposition 0, -7 Really Helps!
zoz
May 23, 2018 at 00:36 · Reply

nice! I LOVE this song
coco loco
May 22, 2018 at 15:28 · Reply

i love this song
YAY!!!
May 20, 2018 at 19:15 · Reply

I think that it’s easier to sing along to in -5, cause it’s a bit lower…
Alexa
May 20, 2018 at 15:56 · Reply

Play -3 if you find the original key too high. It’s a little harder to play but with practice sounds really nice!
Bella
May 12, 2018 at 05:32 · Reply

DDU
rylea_jsow
May 9, 2018 at 04:13 · Reply

I think if you capo the first fret, it sounds better and it’s an easier vocal range for someone like me with a lower range.