Hallelujah Chords

Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play the song Hallelujah chords by Leonard Cohen on guitar.

PDF score of Hallelujah on guitar

Hallelujah with chords

Chords of Hallelujah on guitar

Here are the chords you will need to master to play the whole song Hallelujah chords from Leonard Cohen :

hallelujah chords

When this chords are mastered on guitar, you can continue by following the next tabs.

Verse 1 of Hallelujah from Leonard Cohen

To play the first verse of Hallelujah on guitar as well as the other ones, you can have a look at the following tab with the help of the previous chords :

Remember that the chords are written above the lyrics so that you can play them at the right time. Therefore, it’s better to play while singing. Chords that are to the right of a phrase (not above a word) are played between the two phrases.

hallelujah guitar
Tab text
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

If you have trouble with the bar chords on guitar, you should know that the previous chords have easier positions to play. You can find them in our book all guitar chords in pdf.

Chorus & chords of Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley

The chorus of Hallelujah chords also sung by Jeff Bluckey is repeated after each verse. The chords do not change and you can have a look at the following tab to play this chorus on guitar :

hallelujah lyrics
Tab text
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C G C G
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You can try to improvise with the pentatonic of the C guitar scale.

Hallelujah lyrics

The song Hallelujah chords by Leonard Cohen and Jeff Buckley is composed of four verses and a chorus.

The lyrics are :

Verse 1

Now 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 Hallelujah

Chorus

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Verse 2

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

Chorus

Verse 3

You say I took the name in vain
I don’t even know the name
But if I did, well, really, what’s it to you?
There’s a blaze of light in every word
It doesn’t matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Chorus

Verse 4

I did my best, it wasn’t much
I couldn’t feel, so I tried 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 tongue but Hallelujah

Chorus

Try your hand at other styles and play the jazz music Just the two of us chords, for example.


Our score summarizes everything we just covered. You can download it for free to play the song Hallelujah chords from Leonard Cohen and by Jeff Buckley on guitar.