Hallelujah (ORCHESTRA)

by Leonard Cohen / Rufus Wainwright · posted by EarthDogHarpin

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

Hallelujah (ORCHESTRA)

By Rufus Wainwright

Words & Music by Leonard Cohen

Key of C Major Range: G3 to E5

Tabbed for EITHER an ORCHESTRA tuned Diatonic

OR an ORCHESTRA tuned Chromatic OR a 14 hole Solo tuned Chromatic

Hear it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR0DKOGco_o

Or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q

Notations: none = blow - = draw

1    5    5     5    5  -5 -5  -5
I’ve heard there was  a  secret chord

4    5 5   5     5 5  -5      -5  -5
That David played and it pleased the Lord

5   -5  -5    -5 -5  -5   5   5 -4   5  5
But you don't really care for music, do you?

1  5    5    5     5   -5      -5   -6
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth,

5   6  6  6    -5  6 6   -7
the minor fall, the major lift,

7   -7 -7   -7 -7 8 8 8 -7 -7 7
the baffled king composing Hal le lu jah

4   5  -5 -5    -5 5 4 4
Hal le lu jah   Hal le lu jah

4   5 -5 -5    -5  5 4  -4 4 -3 3 -2 3
Hal le lu jah Hal le lu--------------jah

4    5    5   5     5   5   -5  -5 -5
Your faith was strong but you needed proof,

4   5   5   5  5    -5 -5  -5
you saw her bathing on the roof,

5   -5 -5  -5 -5  -5 5     5 -4 5    5
her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you

4   5    5 5  5 -5 -5   -6
She tied you to a kitchen chair,

5   6     6    6       -5  6   6 -7
she broke your throne, she cut your hair

7   -7   -7   -7 -7  8   8 8 -7 -7 7
and from your lips she drew the Hal le lu jah

4   5 -5 -5    -5  5 4 4
Hal le lu jah   Hal le lu jah

4   5 -5 -5    -5  5  4 -4 4 -3 3 -2 3
Hal le lu jah   Hal le lu-------------jah

5  5  5 5   5    -5   -5 -5
Maybe I have been here before,

5 5    5   5     5    -5     -5   -5
I know this room; I've walked this floor,

5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 5  5  -4 5    5
I used to live alone before I knew you

1    5    5    5   5  5   -5 -5  -6
I've seen your flag on the marble arch,

6    6  6  -5 6  6   -7
love is not a victory march,

6    6 -7   -7  -7 -7 8 8   8 -7 -7 -7 7
it's a cold and it’s a broken Hal le lu----jah

4   5 -5 -5    -5  5 4 4
Hal le lu jah   Hal le lu jah

4   5 -5 -5    -5  5 4 -4 4 -3 3 -2 3
Hal le lu jah   Hal le lu-------------jah

1     5   5 5    5 -5  -5 -5
There was a time you let me know

4      5 5  5 5   -5 -5 -5
what’s really going on below,

5   -5  -5 -5 -5 -5   5  5 -4  5  5
but now you never show it to me, do you? (and)

1 5  5   5   5 -5   -5 -6
Remember when I moved in you;

5   6 6  6    -5  6  6   -7
the holy dark was moving too,

7   -7 -7 -7    -7 8   8 8 -7 -7 7 7
and every breath we drew was Hal le lu---jah

4   5 -5 -5   -5  5 4 4
Hal le lu jah Hal le lu jah

4   5 -5 -5    -5  5 4 -4 4 -3 3 -2 3
Hal le lu jah   Hal le lu-------------jah

5  5  5      5 -5  -5 -5
Maybe there's a God above,

4   5 5 5 5  -5     -5   -5
and all I ever learned from love

5   -5  -5 -5   -5 -5 5   5 -4 5   5
was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you

4   4   5   5 5 5   5   -5   -5  -7
And it’s not a cry you can hear at night,

5   6   6  6  6  -5    6    6 -7
it’s not somebody who's seen the light,

7   -7 -7   -7  -7 8 8 8 -7 -7 7  7
it’s a cold and it’s a broken Hal le lu jah

4   5  -5 -5   -5  5  -4 -4
Hal le lu jah   Hal le lu ja

4   5  -5  -5   -5  5  4  -3
Hal le lu jah   Hal le lu ja

4   5  -5  -5   -5  5  4  4
Hal le lu jah   Hal le lu jah

4   5  -5  -5   -5  5  4 -4 4 -3 -3
Hal le lu jah   Hal le lu--------jah