This is a beautiful song off Buckley's debut 1994 album "Grace." The original was by
Leonard Cohen but I transcribed this from Buckey's version. My tab is similar to the
first tab of this song but there are some changes and I've included all the lyrics.
Standard Tuning
Intro: C Am C Am
CAm
I heard there was a secret chord
CAm
That David played and it pleased the lord
FGCG
But you don't really care for music, do you?
CFG
Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
AmF
The minor fall and the major lift
GEmAm
The baffled king composing hallelujah
Chorus:
FAmFCGC
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....
CAm
Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
CAm
You saw her bathing on the roof
FGCG
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
CFG
She tied you to her kitchen chair
AmF
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
GEmAm
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah
FAmFCGC
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....
CAm
Baby I've been here before
CAm
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
FGCG
I used to live alone before I knew you
CFG
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
AmF
But love is not a victory march
GEmAm
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
FAmFCGC
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....
CAm
Well there was a time when you let me know
CAm
What's really going on below
FGCG
But now you never show that to me do you
CFG
But remember when I moved in you
AmF
And the holy dove was moving too
GEmAm
And every breath we drew was hallelujah
CAm
Well, maybe there's a god above
CAm
But all I've ever learned from love
FGCG
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
CFG
It's not a cry that you hear at night
AmF
It's not somebody who's seen the light
GEmAm
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
FAmFCGC
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jah ....
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah Chords :: indexed at Ultimate Guitar.
Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scotty Moorhead,[1] was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician. Buckley gained popularity in the early 1990s by playing cover versions at venues in Manhattan's East Village, such as Sin-é, and he gradually focused more on his own material. After much interest from record labels he signed with Columbia and, after recruiting a band, recorded his debut studio album, Grace.
Over the following two years, the band toured widely to promote the album, including concerts in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Australia. In 1997, he stopped touring and moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to experiment with new material for a second album. During his time there, he recorded many four-track demos and completed his third recording session for his new album with his band, with Tom Verlaine as producer. While awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, he drowned during an evening swim in the Wolf River. His body was found on June 4, 1997.[2]
Since his death, there have been many posthumous releases of his material, including a collection of four-track demos and studio recordings for his unfinished second album My Sweetheart the Drunk and expansions of debut album Grace and his Live at Sin-é EP. Buckley's first #1 came posthumously in March 2008 when "Hallelujah" topped Billboard's Hot Digital Songs following a performance of the song on American Idol. Buckley and his work continue to remain popular and regularly featured in 'greatest' lists in the music press.[3][4]
Indexed at Wikipedia.
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Over the following two years, the band toured widely to promote the album, including concerts in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Australia. In 1997, he stopped touring and moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to experiment with new material for a second album. During his time there, he recorded many four-track demos and completed his third recording session for his new album with his band, with Tom Verlaine as producer. While awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, he drowned during an evening swim in the Wolf River. His body was found on June 4, 1997.[2]
Since his death, there have been many posthumous releases of his material, including a collection of four-track demos and studio recordings for his unfinished second album My Sweetheart the Drunk and expansions of debut album Grace and his Live at Sin-é EP. Buckley's first #1 came posthumously in March 2008 when "Hallelujah" topped Billboard's Hot Digital Songs following a performance of the song on American Idol. Buckley and his work continue to remain popular and regularly featured in 'greatest' lists in the music press.[3][4]
Indexed at Wikipedia.