Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley/Alexandra Burke) Ukulele Tutorial Chords

Hello, it's me, the ukulele teacher, here to teach you how to play
Alleluia by Jeff Buckley and covered by many other artists.
So, grab your uke, [G] make sure [C] it's in tune [Am]
and [N] get ready to play Alleluia.
Now this song is super easy on the ukulele, there's just five chords in it all the way through.
You probably already know all of them, but if you don't, I'll take you through them right now.
The first chord you'll need is the chord of C.
To play C, just put your third finger on the third fret of the first string.
C should sound [C] like this.
_ The next chord you'll need is the chord of F.
To play the chord of F, just put your first finger on the first fret of the second string
and your second finger on the second fret of the fourth string.
And F should sound [F] like this.
_ The next chord you'll need is the chord [G] of G.
To play G, just put your first finger on the second fret of the third string
and your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the 1st string.
Put your 3rd finger on the 3rd fret of the 2nd string and G will sound like this.
The next chord you'll need is the chord of A minor.
To [Abm] play A minor, just put your 2nd finger on the 2nd [Am] fret of the 4th string and A minor will sound like this.
Now you might be wondering why you don't just use your 1st finger for the chord of A minor because that seems easier.
The reason is because when you're changing from A minor to F or F to A minor,
all you have to do is just add your 1st finger to that 1st fret like this.
So it's very easy to change between F and A minor when you're using your 2nd finger for the A minor like this.
_ _ [F] _ And the final chord you'll need is the chord of E minor.
To play E minor, just put your 1st finger on the [N] 2nd fret of the 1st string,
your 2nd finger on the 3rd fret of the 2nd string and your 3rd finger on the 4th fret of the 3rd string.
E minor should [Em] sound like this.
Now I'm going to teach you two very, very simple ways to play this song.
A basic strumming pattern and [N] a very simple fingerpicking technique.
You can use whichever one you choose or you can start off fingerpicking and then change the strumming as you go on with the song.
Whichever way round you like.
The strumming pattern that I'm going to use is a very simple down, down, up, up.
Let me show you [C] on the C.
Down, down, up, up.
Down, down, up. _ _ _
_ Just a very simple, lilting pattern all the way through.
If you've never done any fingerpicking before, this is an easy way to get started.
When I'm fingerpicking, I rest my thumb above the 4th string
and then I rest my 1st, 2nd and 3rd fingers underneath the 3rd, 2nd and 1st strings.
So that if I was to lift the fingers of my right hand up, I'd be lightly pinching all of the strings like this.
_ [N] I'm going to call out the pattern based on the number of the fingers.
And again, the fingers are thumb, [C] 1, 2, 3.
Start by playing fingers 3, 2 and 1.
3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1.
But that's a little [Abm] bit basic on its own.
So on every other 3, I also play [C] thumb as well.
So 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1. _
_ _ _ And that's your basic fingerpicking pattern which you can play all the way through the song.
But for the time being, to keep things simple, I'm just going to stick to the strumming version.
The intro is just C, A minor, C, A minor, like this.
_ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] And that's also the first two lines of the verse.
I heard there [Am] was a secret [C] chord that David played [Am] and pleased the Lord.
[Em] Then the next line is F, G, C, G.
[F] But you [G] don't really care for music, [C] do you?
[G] _ _ Then the next line is C, F, G.
And that has the only real change in the song because you don't play the whole pattern on the F or the G.
You just play half, like this.
[C] Well, it goes like this, the [G] 4th, the 5th.
And if you're doing the fingerpicking pattern, then you can do it like this.
[C] It goes like this, [F] the [G] 4th, the 5th.
And you can play the thumb [C] both times you play the 3 for the F and the G to signify a new chord.
It goes like [F] this, the [G] 4th, the 5th.
And the next [Am] line is A minor, F.
The minor fall, [F] the major lift.
And [G] then the final line of the verse is G, E minor, A minor, like this.
The baffled king [C] [Am] composing, Alleluia. _ _
So let's put the verse together.
Firstly, I'm going to play it through [C] strumming and then fingerpicking.
I heard there [Am] was a secret chord [C] that David [Am] played and it pleased the [F] Lord.
But you don't [G] really care for [C] music, do you?
[G] _ [C] Well, it goes [F] like this, [G] the 4th, [Am] the 5th.
The minor fall, [F] the major lift.
[G] The baffled king [Em] composing, [Am] Alleluia. _ _
And now let me play [G] that through [C] fingerpicking.
I heard there [Am] was a secret [C] chord that David [Am] played and it pleased the [F] Lord.
But you don't [G] really care for [C] music, do you?
[G] _ [C] Well, it goes like this, [F] the 4th, [Am] the 5th.
The minor [F] fall, the major [G] lift.
The baffled [Em] king composing, [Am] _
Alleluia.
_ Now we move on to the chorus.
The lyrics [N] for the chorus are just Alleluia four times.
The first Alleluia you play F.
The second Alleluia you play A minor.
The third Alleluia you play F again.
And then the fourth Alleluia you slip between C, G and C, [F] like this.
_ Alleluia, _ [Am] _
Alleluia.
_ [F] _ Alleluia, _ [C] _
_ [G] [C] Alleluia.
_ _ And let me play that through [F] fingerpicking as well.
_ Alleluia, _ [Am] _
Alleluia.
_ [F] _ Alleluia, _ [C] _ _
[G] Alleluia.
[C] _ _ And the great thing [Ab] about this song is you just repeat those two sections all the way through.
Verse, chorus, verse, chorus.
That's how to play Alleluia by Jeff Buckley.
I've been the Ukulele Teacher.
If you have any requests for future lessons, let me know in the comments below.
Until next time, I love you all and I wish