Chords for Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley Easy Guitar Lesson (No Capo)

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. _
_ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [C] _ Heard there _ was [A] a secret [Am] chord [C] _ _ David made [A] and it [Am] pleased him
[F] But you don't [G] really care do _ [C] _ you?
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] And it goes like this, [F] the [G] fourth, the fifth, [A] the minor [Am] fall, and [F] the major lift
[G] The battle _ king [E] _
composing, _ _ [A] _ hallelujah
[Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Hallelujah, hallelujah, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] hallelujah, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
hallelujah
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Okay so a closer look at the chords, all basic shapes
We're going to need a C major, _ _ _ which we can refer to as 1 _ _
Next we're going to need an A minor [A] chord, _ _ [Am] _ _
which we can call 6 or minor 6 _
And we're going to need [F] an F major chord, _ which in the song itself is referred to as 4
_ [G] And a G major chord, _ _ _ _ the 5
_ _ Later on in the piece we're also going to need an [E] E _ _ _ dominant 7
_ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Alright so this chord progression is very simple
It's based off of what a lot of people refer to as the 50s progression
Or a 1, _ _ [Am] 6, _ _ [F] _ 4, _ _ [G]
5 _ progression
[C] Alright and those numbers are alluding to each _ root's position in the major scale
In this case in the key of C
[E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
C is the first note
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ A is the sixth note
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
F [C] is the fourth note
_ _ _ [D] _
_ And [G] G _ _ is the fifth note
_ _ _ Alright so there's a lot of room to put a little bit of individuality in this song
A lot of people have covered it, so whether you're going to strum it or finger [C] pick it
The chord shapes are the same
We're going to need a C major chord _ _
And because this song is in 3-4 we're going to be counting it 1-2-3-1-2-3
[B] Then we'll go to the A [Am] minor chord, 1-2-3-1-2-3 _
[C] Next we'll go back to the C chord again, 1-2-3-1-2-3
_ [Bb] And back to the A [Am] minor once more, 1-2-3-1-2-3
Next [F] we'll go to the F chord or the IV chord, 1-2-3-1-2-3
[G] To the G chord, 1-2-3-1-2-3
And then back to the C [C] major chord
_ _ And that's the A section of the song
So each one of those chords is getting 1-2-3-1-2-3
So 6 beats or 2 measures in 3-4 time
So let's give that a try
We'll just strum it down, we're going to be doing the strumming pattern here _
_ _ _ 1-2-3-1-2-3
1-2-3-1-2 [Am]-3-1-2-3
1 [C]-2-3-1-2 _ _ [Am]-3-1-2-3
1-2-3-1-2-3
To the F, [F] 1-2-3-1-2-3
G [G] major, 1-2-3-1-2-3
And back to the C major [C] chord, 1-2-3-1-2-3
And it's there that we throw in a [B] turnaround chord, [G] G major
_ The V chord, which always brings us right back to the root again
_ Alright, let's give it a try once more, this time [C] with some singing
I heard there was [Am] a secret chord _
[C] That David _ Bain penned [Am] it, please Lord
_ [Bm] _ [F] _ You don't [G] really _ care for music, [C] do you?
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Alright, next we're going to the B section
It's going to be C major chord
And it goes like this
To the F major chord
[F] The IV, [G] the V, G major
_ The [Am] minor fall
And A minor for that
And [F] the major lift, F major
_ _ [G] The baffled king
And this is my favorite change in the song, E dominant 7 [E] after this G
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] Composing, hallelujah
_ _ And we're back to the A minor chord
_ Alright, let's see if we can put those two sections together now
One time instrumental and one [C] time with the lyrics
1-2-3-1-2-3 _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] 1-2-3-1-2-3
I heard there was [Am] a secret chord _
[C] David _ Bain [Am] penned it, please Lord
_ _ [F] You don't [G] really _ care for music, [C]
do you?
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] And it goes like this
[E]
The [G] IV, the V, [Am] minor fall
And [F] the major lift
_ [G]
The baffled king
_ [E] _ _ _
_ Composing, [Am] hallelujah _ _ _
_ _ Alright, so that's going to bring us to our chorus
Very simple, F major to A minor
So we have F major
[F]
1-2-3-1-2-3 _ _ _
_ To the [Am] A minor
1-2-3 _ _ -1-2-3 _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ Hallelujah
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] Hallelujah
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ Hallelujah
_ _ _ _ Hall-e-
Next, we're going to have this little turnaround [C] here with C major chord _
_ _ To the G major [G] chord _ _
_ _ [C] And we resolve back home on C major
_ _ _ [D] Alright everyone, thanks so much for watching
That was Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
Every single part of that song is exactly the same
You just got the A section, the B section, and then the chorus
And from there you can just repeat that over each of the verses
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