Hallelujah

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This is a tab of David Bazan's acoustic performance of Hallelujah, written by Leonard
Tabbed from a video taken on 2/17/07, at Sweetbriar College.
Chord shapes
C/G
: 3-3-2-0-1-0---|
B7
: X-2-1-2-0-2----|
Dsus4
: X-X-0-2-3-3-|
Gmaj7
: 2-2-0-0-0-3-|
Standard tuning (EADGBE)
Capo on the 1st fret
G Em
I heard there was a secret chord
G Em
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
C/G D G D
But you don't really care for music, do ya?
G C/G D
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
Em C/G
The minor fall, the major lift
D B7 Em
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
G C/G DDsus4D
--
Hallelujah
G Em
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
G Em
You saw her bathing on the roof
C/G D G D
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
G C/G D
She broke your crown and cut your hair
Em C/G
She tied you to her kitchen chair
D B7 Em
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
G C/G Em
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
C/G G D G Gmaj7
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Em Bm
You say I took the name in vain
C/G G
Well I don't even know the name
D B7 Em
And if I did, well really, what's it to ya?
D G C/G D
'cuz there's a blaze of light in every word
Em C/G
It does not matter which you heard
D B7 Em
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
G C/G D
Hallelujah
G Em
I did my best, it wasn't much
G Em
I could not feel, so I tried to touch
C/G D G D
I've told the truth, I did not come to fool ya
G C/G D
And even though it all went wrong
Em C/G
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
D B7 Em
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
G C/G Em
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
C/G G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
C/G Em G C/G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
D G C G
Hallelujah

Hallelujah chords and lyrics

Free chords for Hallelujah by David Bazan. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

This is a tab of David Bazan's acoustic performance of Hallelujah, written by Leonard 
Tabbed from a video taken on 2/17/07, at Sweetbriar College.
Chord shapes
C/G: 3-3-2-0-1-0---|
B7: X-2-1-2-0-2----|
Dsus4: X-X-0-2-3-3-|
Gmaj7: 2-2-0-0-0-3-|
Standard tuning (EADGBE)
Capo on the 1st fret

Hallelujah Chords by David Bazan

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