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Hallelujah (Chromatic C)

by Leonard Cohen · posted by marion

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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)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
3     3     3    3  3 -3  -3   -3 
I've heard there was a sec-ret chord 
2    3   3    3  
That Da-vid played 
3  3    -3    -3   -3 
And it pleased the Lord 
3   3   -3   -3   -3  -3 
But you don't real-ly  
-3   3   3  -2   3   3   3 
Care for mu-sic, do you? 
3    3    3    3    3    -3    -3   -4
It goes like this the fourth, the fifth 
3   5  5    5    -3   5  5   -5 
The mi-nor fall, the ma-jor lift 
5   -5   -5   -5   -5  6   6 
The baf-fled king com-pos-ing  
Chorus
6  -5  -5  5  5  
Hal-le-lu-jah 
2   3 -3  -3   -3    3  2   2  
Hal-le-lu-jah, hal- le-lu-jah 
2    3 -3 -3   -3   3   2 -2 2 -1   1   1 
Hal-le-lu-jah, hal-le-     lu-    jah 
(Repeat 4X)

(Final Repeat Ending for Hallelujah Chorus)
6  -5  -5  5  5  
2   3 -3  -3   -3    3  2   2  
2    3 -3 -3   -3   3   2   -1   -1
2   3 -3  -3   -3    3  2   2   
2    3 -3 -3   -3   3   2 -2 2 -1   1   1
(Slow At End)

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  

Maybe 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 

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

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

This song plays with karaoke music run time 4:06.
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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