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Hallelujah

Tonalidad C Tempo 60 bpm Compás 6/8 Dificultad Intermedio 🇬🇧 Inglés
Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen — Hallelujah

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Intro
C G
Verse
C
Now I've heard there was a
Am
Secret chord
C
That David played
Am
And it pleased the Lord
F G
But you don't really care for music
C G
Do you?
Pré-Refrão
C F G
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
Am F
The minor fall, the major lift
G E Am
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Chorus
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C G C G
Hallelujah, Hallelu____jah
Verse
C
Your faith was strong
Am
But you needed proof
C
You saw her bathing
Am
On the roof
F G
Her beauty and the moonlight
C G
Overthrew you
Pré-Refrão
C F G
She tied you to a kitchen chair
Am F
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
G E Am
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Chorus
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C G C G
Hallelujah, Hallelu____jah
Verse
C Am
You say I took the name in vain
C Am
I don't even know the name
F G
But if I did, well, really
C G
What's it to ya?
Pré-Refrão
C F G
There's a blaze of light in every word
Am F
It doesn't matter which you heard
G E Am
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Chorus
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C G C G
Hallelujah, Hallelu____jah
Quarta Parte
C Am
I did my best, it wasn't much
C Am
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
F
I've told the truth
G
I didn't come to fool ya
Pré-Refrão
C F G
And even though it all went wrong
Am F
I'll stand before the lord of song
G E Am
With nothing on my tongue but hallelujah
Refrão Final
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C G
Hallelujah, Hallelu_jah
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C G
Hallelujah, Hallelu_jah
F Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C G C G
Hallelujah, Hallelu____jah

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From the album
Various Positions

Various Positions

Leonard Cohen · 1984 · Track 5

Details
Tonalidad C
Compás 6/8
Tempo 60 BPM
Duración 4:38
Álbum Various Positions
Año 1984
ISRC USSM10026643

The story behind

Hallelujah is a song composed by Leonard Cohen, included in his album Various Positions when it was released in 1984. In its early years, the piece went virtually unnoticed. It was not until 1991 that Welsh musician John Cale released his own version, which did receive a warm reception from the public. Three years later, in 1994, American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley recorded the rendition that would ultimately consecrate the song, paving the way for more than eighty different versions by various artists, both in concert and in studio recordings. From a content standpoint, the song functions as a poem that draws on biblical stories, ancient tales, faith, beliefs, and existential insecurities. Through Jewish symbolism, Cohen articulates at once the glory and the pain that love entails. The first chorus references a heavenly chord that King David composed for God—the Hallelujah—and immediately addresses someone who, with a certain irony, seems uninterested in music. In response, the narrator explains the chord while playing it: "It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift." In the second verse, two biblical episodes appear: the moment when David watches Bathsheba bathing in the garden from his rooftop, marveling at her beauty, and the betrayal of Delilah cutting Samson's hair, used as a metaphor for the woman with whom a man falls passionately in love. Over time, the song has been covered by numerous performers. In many cases, the melody consolidated through the versions of John Cale and Jeff Buckley is retained, but the lyrics are modified almost entirely to give it a character of religious praise, especially when transposed into other languages. In such adaptations, the only element of the original text that generally remains is the "Hallelujah" of the chorus. John Cale, the Welsh singer and former member of The Velvet Underground, recorded his version in 1991, which became one of the most recognized renditions of the song. That recording was included in the Leonard Cohen tribute album titled I'm Your Fan, and also appeared on his live album Fragments of a Rainy Season, where Cale performed works by various artists. From that version, subsequent performances emerged, among them those from his own world tour held between 1993 and 1995. It was also the version used in the film Shrek (2001), as credited, although Rufus Wainwright's version is the one featured on the official soundtrack compiled by Geffen Records, due to licensing issues. Additionally, the song appeared on the first soundtrack album of the television series Scrubs. Jeff Buckley recorded the version considered the most musically acclaimed and possibly the most significant rendition of Hallelujah. He took John Cale's interpretation as his starting point, though he introduced an almost complete reworking of it. It was included on Grace (1994), the only studio album Buckley ever published. It is a version of a very melancholic and at the same time restrained character, in which the musician's voice is accompanied solely by his electric guitar with a semi-acoustic sound. In 1997, Rolling Stone magazine included it on its list "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time According to Rolling Stone" at number 259, ranking above even the original version by Leonard Cohen himself.

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