Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

by Leonard Cohen · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica

No bends176 notesHoles 3–8Diatonic

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I've heard there was a secret chord

That David played, and it pleased the Lord

But you don't really care for music, do you?

It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth

The minor fall, the major lift

The baffled king composing Hal-le-lu---jah

Hal-le-lu-jah, Hal-le-lu-jah,

Hal-le-lu-jah, Hal-le-lu------------jah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty and the moonlight over-threw you

She tied you to a kitchen chair

Maybe I have been here before

I know this room, I've walked this floor

I used to live alone before I knew you

I've seen your flag on the marble arch

Love is not a victory march

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5    6     6     6  6 -6 -6   -6 
I've heard there was a secret chord 
 5    6 6    6      6  6    -6    -6   -6 
That David played, and it pleased the Lord 
 6  -6   -6   -6 -6   -6   6  6  -5  6   6 
But you don't really care for music, do you? 
5   6    6    6     6   -6     -6   -7 
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth 
6    7 7   -6    -6   7 7   -8 
The minor fall, the major lift 
7   -8  -8   -8     8   8    8 -8 -8 7  7 
The baffled king composing Hal-le-lu---jah 

 5  6  -6 -6   -6  6  5   5 
Hal-le-lu-jah, Hal-le-lu-jah, 
 5  6  -6 -6   -6  6  5 -5 5 -4 4 -3 4 
Hal-le-lu-jah, Hal-le-lu------------jah 

 5    6     6     6   6   6   -6 -6   -6 
Your faith was strong but you needed proof 
 5   6   6   6  6   -6 -6   -6 
You saw her bathing on the roof 
 6  -6 -6  -6  -6  -6   6    6 -5  6     6 
Her beauty and the moonlight over-threw you 
 5   6    6  6  6 -6  -6   -7 
She tied you to a kitchen chair 
 6   7     7     7     -6   7   7    -8 
She broke your throne, she cut your hair                7   -8   -8   -8  8    8  -8   -8  -8  7    7 And from your lips she drew the Hal-le-lu---jah 
enchanted Chords

5  6 -6-6   -6 6 5 5                                     Hallelujah, Hallelujah, 

 5  6 -6-6   -6 6 5 -5 5 -4 4 -3 4             Hallelujah, Hallelu-----------jah 

6  6  6  6    6    -6  -6 -6 
Maybe I have been here before 
5  6    6    6    6    -6     -6   -6 
I know this room, I've walked this floor 
6  -6  -6  -6  -6 -6  6  6  -5  6    6 
I used to live alone before I  knew you 
 5    6    6    6   6   6  -6 -6  -7 
I've seen your flag on the marble arch 
 7   7  -6 -6  7  7   -8 
Love is not a victory march 
 7   7 -8   -8  -8  -8  8  8   8  -8 -8 7  7 
It's a cold and it's a broken Hal-le-lu---jah           5  6 -6-6   -6 6 5 5            Hallelujah, Hallelujah,                                5  6 -6-6   -6 6 5 -5 5 -4 4 -3 4   Hallelujah, Hallelu-------------jah