Here’s my version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah.

It’s based off Jeff Buckley’s [already] excellent version; but of course I changed it enough to justify calling it a new version :)

Hope you like it.

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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 (4x)

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

Baby 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
It’s a cold and it’s a broken “Hallelujah.”

CHORUS

BRIDGE/GUITAR SOLO

There was a time you let me know
What’s real and going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was “Hallelujah.”

CHORUS

[omitted a whole verse/chorus]

OUTRO

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.”

post updated on May 27, 2009 @ 12:09 am