(L. Cohen)
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Originally contained in Leonard Cohen's Various Positions
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Hallelujah
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I heard there was a secret chord
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that David played and it pleased the Lord
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But you don't really care for music, do you?
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Well it goes like this:
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The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift
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The baffled king composing Hallelujah
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
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You saw her bathing on the roof
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Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
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And she tied you to her kitchen chair
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She broke your throne and she cut your hair
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And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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Well, maybe I've been here before
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I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
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I used to live with alone before I knew ya
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And he¡¯s seen your flag on the marble arch
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But love is not a victory march
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Says it's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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There was a time when you let me know
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What's really going on below
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But now you never show that to me do ya
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Well remember when I moved in you
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And the holy dove was moving too
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And every breath you drew was Hallelujah
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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Well maybe there's a God above
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But all I've ever learned from love
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Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
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Well it's not a cry that you hear at night
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It's not somebody who's seen the light
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It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halle...
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It's not what you're told
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It's not her face
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It's not his touch
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In the room you both share
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When he's gone when he left
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When your time and your memory fills your dreams
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When you're honest and together
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Together no more
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No more
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Hallelujah, until you're nothing
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Hallelujah, baby, until she's everywhere
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Hallelujah, until together you are somewhere I'd lost
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah (live from the Bataclan)
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Jeff Buckley |