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In this blog post you can find the Piano Chords for Hallelujah – the very popular song by Leonard Cohen.
This is a chord chart version of Hallelujah where the piano chords are written above the lyrics of the song.
You can view the chord chart directly here on the page – but you are also welcome to download the piano chord chart for Hallelujah as a PDF. Simply click the link at the bottom of the page.
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A bit about the artist.
Cohen was born into a Jewish family of the upper middle class who lived in the Jewish district of Montreal called Westmount. He was a descendant of immigrants from Lithuania and Poland. Leonard Cohen lived in Los Angeles, USA.
Cohen debuted as a musician in 1967 with the album “Songs of Leonard Cohen”. He had previously appeared on the album Six Montreal Poets in 1957, where he read eight poems from his collection Let Us Compare Mythologies.
The song “Hallelujah” from the album Various positions from 1984, is one of Cohen’s biggest hits. The song made its breakthrough with John Cale’s cover version from 1991.
The song has a 6/8 rhythm, giving memories of waltz and gospel rhythms. To the newspaper The Guardian, Cohen has told that he wrote 80 drafts of Hallelujah before landing on the final version. The lyrics contain, among other things, biblical references, e.g. to the tale of Samson and Dalila. There are more than 200 cover versions of the song Hallelujah in different languages.
Listen to the song here:
Here’s the chord chart with the piano chords for “Hallelujah”. Below the chart you can find the PDF download. Enjoy.
“Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen
[Verse 1]
C Am
Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord
C Am
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
F G C G
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
C F G
It goes like this the fourth, the fifth
Am F
The minor fall, the major lift
G E7 Am
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
F Am F C G C G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah
[Verse 2]
C Am
Your faith was strong, but you needed proof
C Am
You saw her bathing on the roof
F G C G
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
C F G
She tied you to a kitchen chair
Am F
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
G E7 Am
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
F Am F C G C G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah
[Verse 3]
C Am
You say I took the name in vain
C Am
I don’t even know the name
F G C G
But if I did, well really, what’s it to ya?
C F G
There’s a blaze of light in every word
Am F
It doesn’t matter which you heard
G E7 Am
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
F Am F C G C G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah
[Verse 4]
C Am
I did my best, it wasn’t much
C Am
I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
F G C G
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool ya
C F G
And even though it all went wrong
Am F
I’ll stand before the Lord of Song
G E7 Am
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
[Outro]
F Am F C G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F Am F C G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F Am F C G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F Am F C G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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