Hallelujah

Written by Leonard Cohen [Cohen's version]
As performed by Bob Dylan in 1988 (Montreal, Hollywood et al.) - another gem from that year.
Tabbed by Eben Hensby and Eyolf Østrem

Capo 2nd fret (sounding key A major)

D#o = xx1212



G - Em - G - Em (x2 for intro)

G                    Em
They say there was a secret chord
G                    Em
that David played to please the Lord,
    C                D               G        D
but you don't really care for music, do ya?
   G                   C           D
It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth,
Em                  C
the minor fall, the major lift,
    D               D#o         Em
the baffled king composing Hallelujah
     C           Em          C           G  D G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu - jah.

Em - G - Em

Your faith was strong but you needed proof.
You saw her bathing on the roof,
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya.
She tied you to a kitchen chair,
she broke your throne, she cut your hair,
and from your lips, she drew the Hallelujah.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

They say I took the name in vain,
I didn't even know the name.
And if I did, well really, what's it to ya?
There's a blaze of light in every word,
it doesn't matter which are heard,
the broken or the holy Hallelujah.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

I did my best, it wasn't much.
I couldn't feel so I learned to touch.
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you.
And even though it all went wrong, 
I'll stand before the Lord of Song 
with nothing on my lips but Hallelujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

[instrumental verse, minus the last line]

Now maybe there's a God above 
But all I ever learned from love 
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you 
And it's no complaint you hear tonight 
And it's some pilgrim who's seen the light 
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah