"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:
    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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440 Comments

THE_SERPENT_KING
December 17, 2019 at 07:20 · Reply

i like this song sooo much p.s e7 should replace em though
but in always its AWSOME!
Tamara
November 15, 2019 at 04:33 · Reply

the version i’m used to hearing is in -5. It’s still easy. Even if i leave out the Bm when it shows up, it still sounds good, as a beginner.
Serenade
November 15, 2019 at 02:40 · Reply

I love this song, and these chords/tabs really don’t do it justice. First of all, the strumming pattern on ukulele should be on strings C – E – G – A for all chords to make it a proper arpeggio as opposed to the G – C – E – A pattern here, but I could overlook that. But then when it gets to the line “the baffled king composing…”, that chord should be an E7, not Em. There is no Em in this song (at least in this key). E7 is a very simple chord, and it really moves the song along, and the Em (which is a harder chord, IMO) makes it sound completely wrong.
May
November 10, 2019 at 11:11 · Reply

Love this song. If you’re a beginner, this song actually sounds really good with just one strum for each chord!
blue
November 3, 2019 at 23:51 · Reply

green
Look_on_the_bright_side
October 23, 2019 at 09:13 · Reply

This song is truly amazing. I recommend everyone to try it out. This was one of my first songs on the Ukulele, and it really pushed me to try hard, and I did that, now bringing me to a place where I though I couldn’t even do. Try, try, try, and you will succeed!
ReBecca
October 18, 2019 at 02:12 · Reply

Is there somewhere on this site where I can play along with a recording? Thanks in advance.
soph
September 30, 2019 at 22:36 · Reply

strumming pattern for chords?
Baka
August 13, 2019 at 03:02 · Reply

This song sounds really good in a minor key. The chords are Cm, Eb, Fm, Gm, and Ab. Enjoy.
jaumana
August 10, 2019 at 04:07 · Reply

What a beautiful song !
Thank you Uke tabs for this tab that allows us to play it.

God bless !
#justafan
August 3, 2019 at 02:26 · Reply

-2 is where Pentatonix sings it at, if you’re trying to follow along.
Press
July 31, 2019 at 03:38 · Reply

It sucks that I cant sing ;(
Katie
July 27, 2019 at 17:54 · Reply

REALLY loved learning this struggled with is it a single strum or several strums of the same chord… this is the third song I have learnt and thought it was good just need some help with strumming :/
Unknown
July 27, 2019 at 02:55 · Reply

YEEEEESSSSSS!!!!! IKR??!!
Unknown
July 27, 2019 at 02:54 · Reply

Yeah, it does to me too…
Eleanor
July 14, 2019 at 15:03 · Reply

This is really good +5 for higher voices :)
Grim
July 14, 2019 at 01:04 · Reply

I use E7 instead of Em
- Crystal
  October 19, 2019 at 21:31 · Reply
  
  same. Think it gives it some some umph or something IDK
Artemis
July 7, 2019 at 21:17 · Reply

-5 is good if your finding it too high
Josiah
June 28, 2019 at 18:28 · Reply

The Em should be an Em7. It sounds much better that way.
- Unknown
  July 27, 2019 at 02:58 · Reply
  
  Now that I’ve tried it…
  Oh Yeeeeeeaaaaahhhhh
M
June 25, 2019 at 01:50 · Reply

Yeah I agreed, try switching to transposer -7, I liked the way that one sounded and the chords were pretty easy!
- Viktorija
  November 1, 2019 at 23:44 · Reply
  
  What’s the strumming pattern ???