Hallelujah Chords
by Jeff Buckley7,865,122 views, added to favorites 115,683 times
Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | Db |
Capo: | 6th fret |
Author scottn1223 [a] 110. 10 contributors total, last edit on Feb 18, 2025
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Capo 6 to match the recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4
[Intro]
G Em G Em G Em
e|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
B|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
D|---0---------|---2---------|---0---------|---2---------|---0---------|---2---------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3---------2-|-0---------2-|-3---------2-|-0---------2-|-3---------2-|-0---------2-|
[Verse 1]
G Em G Em
e|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
B|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
D|---0---------|---2---------|---0---------|---2-------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3---------2-|-0---------2-|-3---------2-|-0-----------|
I heard---- secret--- David--- pleased---
C D G D
e|-------0-----|-0-----2-----|-------3-----|-2-----2h3p2----|
B|-------1-----|-1-----3-----|-------3-----|---3--------3---|
G|-----0---0---|---0-----2---|-----0---0---|-----2--------2-|
D|---2-------2-|-----2-0---0-|---0-------0-|-0--------------|
A|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|----------------|
You don't-- care-- do ya?
G C D Em C
e|-------3-----|-0-----2-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|
B|-------3-----|-1-------3---|-0-----0-----|-1-----1-----|
G|-----0---0---|---0-------2-|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|
D|---0-------0-|-----2-0-----|-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-|
A|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----------|
E|-3-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
It goes--- 4th- 5th-- minor-- major---
D B7 Em Em
e|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----------|
B|---3-----3---|-0-----0-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----------|
G|-----2-----2-|---2-----2---|---0-----0---|-------------|
D|-0-----------|-----1-----1-|-----2-----2-|-----------0-|
A|-------------|-2-----------|-------------|---------2---|
E|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
the baffled--- -posing-- --lujah Ha-le
C Em
e|-0-----0-----|-0-----------|-0-----0-----|-0-----------|
B|-1-----1-----|-1-----------|-0-----0-----|-0-----------|
G|---0-----0---|---0---------|---0-----0---|---0---------|
D|-----2-----2-|-----2---2-0-|-----2-----2-|-----2-----0-|
A|-3-----------|-------------|-2-----------|---------2---|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|
lu-- jah Ha le lu jah Ha le
C G D
e|-0-----0-----|-0-----------|-------3-----|-2-----2h3p2----|
B|-1-----1-----|-1-----------|-------3-----|---3--------3---|
G|---0-----0---|---0---------|-----0---0---|-----2--------2-|
D|-----2-----2-|-----2---2-0-|---0-------0-|-0--------------|
A|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|----------------|
lu jah Ha le lu--
G Em G Em
e|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
B|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
D|---0---------|---2---------|---0---------|---2---------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3---------2-|-0---------2-|-3---------2-|-0---------2-|
jah!
G Em
I heard there was a secret chord,
G Em
That David played and it pleased the Lord,
C D G D
But you don't really care for music, do ya?
G C D
Well, it goes like this, the 4th, the 5th,
Em C
The minor fall and the major lift,
D B7 Em
The baffled king composing hallelujah,
C Em C G D G
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu------jah
[Instrumental]
(G) Em G Em
[Verse 2]
G Em
Your faith was strong but you needed proof,
G Em
You saw her bathing on the roof,
C D G D
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew ya,
G C D
She tied you to her kitchen chair,
Em C
She broke your throne and she cut your hair,
D B7 Em
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah,
C Em C G D G
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu------jah
[Instrumental]
(G) Em G Em
[Verse 3]
G Em
Baby, I've been here before,
G Em
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor, you know
C D G D
I used to live alone before I knew ya.
G C D
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch,
Em C
And love is not a victory march,
D B7 Em
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah,
C Em C G D G
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu------jah
[Instrumental]
(G) Em G Em
[Verse 4]
G Em
There was a time when you let me know,
G Em
What's really going on below,
C D G D
But now you never show that to me, do ya.
G C D
Well, remember when I moved in you,
Em C
And the holy dove was moving too,
D B7 Em
And every breath we drew was hallelujah,
C Em C G D G
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu------jah
[Instrumental]
(G) Em G Em
[Verse 5]
G Em
Maybe there's a God above,
G Em
But all I've ever learned from love,
C D G D
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya.
G C D
And it's not a cry that you hear at night,
Em C
It's not somebody who's seen the light,
D B7 Em
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah,
C Em C G D
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-jah
C Em C G D
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-jah
C Em C D
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu ...
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74 comments

Great tab bro. Its god to see one thats not as complicted as all the rest, and broken into measures for a newbie like myself! haha. 5 stars for sure!
+30

These are the right chords but if u look at the way Jeff plays it on live in Chicago, he uses a capo on the fifth fret. So then u use the chords structures of G Em7 C D B7
to sound like C Am7 F G E7
Just to give it that real Jeff Buckley quality.
The intro goes sorta like this
e---0-0-0-----
-0-3-----3-0-0
----3-3-------THEN REPEAT THAT
-----------2-2
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e-------------
Cadd 9/G
e----------------------3
---------0-0-----------3
-0--0----0-0-----------0
--2--2--2---2-2-2-2----2
---2--2-3---2-3-2-0----3
e----------------------3
Apart from that just pluck randomly and it'll sound impressive.
CHIRIO
+25

yeah i agree with chirio except id go that step further and put the capo on the 7th fret
+5