Written by Leonard Cohen
G Em I heard there was a secret chord G Em that David played and it pleased the Lord, C 2x (D) G (D) But you don't really care for music do you. G C D It goes like this the fourth the fifth, Em C D the minor fall and the major lift D Bm Em The baffled king composing hallelujah C Em C G-D-G Halleluja, Halleluja, Halleluja, Halleluja G Em Your faith was strong but you needed proof G Em You saw her bathing on the roof C G Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew YOU G C D She tied you to a kitchen chair Em C D She broke your throne, and she cut your hair D Bm Em And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah C Em C G-D-G Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah G Em You say I took the name in vain G Em I don't even know the name C G But if I did, well really, what's it to you? G C D There's a blaze of light in every word Em C D It doesn't matter which you heard D Bm Em The holy or the broken Hallelujah C Em C G-D-G Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah G Em Baby I've beeen here before. G Em I know this room I've walked this floor. C G I used to live alone before I knew you. G C D I've seen your flag on the marble arch Em C D but love is not a victory march D Bm Em It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah C Em C G-D-G Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah G Em There was a time you let me know G Em whats really going on below C G but now you never show it to me do you? G C D I remember when I moved in you Em C D and the holy dove was moving too D Bm Em and every breath we drew was Hallelujah C Em C G-D-G Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah G Em Now maybe there's a god above G Em but all I ever learned from love C G is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you G C D And it's no complaint you hear tonight Em C D and it's not some pilgrim who's seen the light D Bm Em it's a cold and it's a lonely Hallelujah C Em C G-D-G Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah G Em I did my best it wasn't much. G Em I couldn't feel so I learned to touch. C G I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you. G C D And even though it all went wrong, Em C D I'll stand before the Lord of Song D Bm Em with nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah C Em C G-D-G Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah