Chords for How to Play Psalm 150 Hallelu Sufi Chant on Guitar w/Isaac Zones
Tempo:
82.6 bpm
Chords used:
Am
G
F
C
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
All right, this is a Hallelu or Psalm 150, often sung in the morning Tefillah.
[D#] I'm told this is a Sufi chant in its origin.
I've got all the chords kind of mapped [N] out here and the frequency with which they change.
I've got some notes on the bottom there about strumming, but mostly I'll show you what I'm talking about.
This just has the very last line of the Psalm 150,
Kol han shama tehalel ya, haleluya.
Every soul praise God.
But there's lots and lots of verses, praise God with the shofar, praise God with all kinds
of different things.
Feel free to throw those in as well.
All right, so the main strum that we're going to do here is very common in Ashkenazi Jewish
music as well as bluegrass and some other things, is we're going to [Am] hit a bass note and alternate.
So it's bass, down, bass, down, bass, [A] down.
So for our A minor chord, which is here, we're going to start with the second string from
the top, the A string, and we're going to hit that bass note there for the A minor,
and [Am] then down, and then we're going to hit this E string [E] on the very top, [Am] and then down.
And [Bm] that's sort of the [Am] A minor, how you want to alternate it, [A] starting with the A, [Am] down,
E, down.
It makes you want to put your shoulders up and dance like the
Okay, sorry, getting out of check here.
I digress.
Okay, so that's your A minor.
Another main chord we're going to use here is a G chord, and so [G] unlike the A minor chord,
I often play my G like this, a lot of people play it like this, you're going to start on
the top string here, which is a G note, and then we're going to get to the second string down.
So it's the bass note starting lower and then going a little higher here.
Very nice.
And then for our F chord, you can play a whole bar chord with an F, and this [F] is your bass
note, you know, this note right down here, all the way on the E string, the lowest string,
and then come and then hit this one right here for your next bass note.
[C#] I get a little better bar sound if I use this, in which case I actually start with [D] this one
right here as my [F] first bass note.
The only other chord [C] we're doing here is an [E] E7, so it's just like an E chord, but you
take off your ring finger, leave it open, and the E and the E7 will start with this
E note, [Bm] and hit the [G] second string [A] down.
So just [E] like the G, we're starting with the lowest.
[D] So that's kind of it.
I'll start real slow and speed it up a little bit.
This is a little high on my [C] register, but I'm going to
Here [Am] we go with our
Hallelujah, [G] Hallelujah, Hallelujah
[F] Hallelu
[G] [Am] Repeat that Hallelu Hallelu
[G]
[F] [G] Hallelu Hallelu
[Am]
Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
[G]
[Am]
Hallelujah.
[G]
[F] Hallelujah.
[C] [G] Hallelujah.
[Am] Hallelujah.
That's the whole song.
If you want to take it to the next level,
there's kind of an A section and a B section here.
So this first part [Em] is the A section.
[Am] Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
[G] You can [C] actually play that with bar chords
and [E] vary up how the A section and the B section
and the first section and the second section sound a little bit.
So let me show you [Am] what that looks like.
I'm not going to show you exactly how to play a bar chord,
but you can figure that out elsewhere online.
So let's see.
Just to give a little contrast between the A and the B section.
I learned this from Joe English, I think,
who does all kinds of interesting things in the Jewish community.
So this is
Hallelujah. [C] Hallelujah.
[G] Hallelujah.
[F] Hallelujah.
[G] Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
[Am] Now I get to the second part.
[Em] God has [Am] given me
this [G] Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
[Em] [Am]
God has given me
[G] this Hallelujah.
[F] Hallelujah.
[G] [Am] Hallelujah.
So you can hear the excitement in the second half of it.
It takes [G] it louder and it's a little more
in the [Am] pocket, as they say here.
A little quieter and [C] sneakier.
It just gives you some contrast.
You can often do that with lots of different songs as well.
That's it.
Enjoy.
Take your morning services to the next level.
This is a great dance song and party and all kinds of [Cm] stuff.
People do not have a hard time remembering to sing
[D#] I'm told this is a Sufi chant in its origin.
I've got all the chords kind of mapped [N] out here and the frequency with which they change.
I've got some notes on the bottom there about strumming, but mostly I'll show you what I'm talking about.
This just has the very last line of the Psalm 150,
Kol han shama tehalel ya, haleluya.
Every soul praise God.
But there's lots and lots of verses, praise God with the shofar, praise God with all kinds
of different things.
Feel free to throw those in as well.
All right, so the main strum that we're going to do here is very common in Ashkenazi Jewish
music as well as bluegrass and some other things, is we're going to [Am] hit a bass note and alternate.
So it's bass, down, bass, down, bass, [A] down.
So for our A minor chord, which is here, we're going to start with the second string from
the top, the A string, and we're going to hit that bass note there for the A minor,
and [Am] then down, and then we're going to hit this E string [E] on the very top, [Am] and then down.
And [Bm] that's sort of the [Am] A minor, how you want to alternate it, [A] starting with the A, [Am] down,
E, down.
It makes you want to put your shoulders up and dance like the
Okay, sorry, getting out of check here.
I digress.
Okay, so that's your A minor.
Another main chord we're going to use here is a G chord, and so [G] unlike the A minor chord,
I often play my G like this, a lot of people play it like this, you're going to start on
the top string here, which is a G note, and then we're going to get to the second string down.
So it's the bass note starting lower and then going a little higher here.
Very nice.
And then for our F chord, you can play a whole bar chord with an F, and this [F] is your bass
note, you know, this note right down here, all the way on the E string, the lowest string,
and then come and then hit this one right here for your next bass note.
[C#] I get a little better bar sound if I use this, in which case I actually start with [D] this one
right here as my [F] first bass note.
The only other chord [C] we're doing here is an [E] E7, so it's just like an E chord, but you
take off your ring finger, leave it open, and the E and the E7 will start with this
E note, [Bm] and hit the [G] second string [A] down.
So just [E] like the G, we're starting with the lowest.
[D] So that's kind of it.
I'll start real slow and speed it up a little bit.
This is a little high on my [C] register, but I'm going to
Here [Am] we go with our
Hallelujah, [G] Hallelujah, Hallelujah
[F] Hallelu
[G] [Am] Repeat that Hallelu Hallelu
[G]
[F] [G] Hallelu Hallelu
[Am]
Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
[G]
[Am]
Hallelujah.
[G]
[F] Hallelujah.
[C] [G] Hallelujah.
[Am] Hallelujah.
That's the whole song.
If you want to take it to the next level,
there's kind of an A section and a B section here.
So this first part [Em] is the A section.
[Am] Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
[G] You can [C] actually play that with bar chords
and [E] vary up how the A section and the B section
and the first section and the second section sound a little bit.
So let me show you [Am] what that looks like.
I'm not going to show you exactly how to play a bar chord,
but you can figure that out elsewhere online.
So let's see.
Just to give a little contrast between the A and the B section.
I learned this from Joe English, I think,
who does all kinds of interesting things in the Jewish community.
So this is
Hallelujah. [C] Hallelujah.
[G] Hallelujah.
[F] Hallelujah.
[G] Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
[Am] Now I get to the second part.
[Em] God has [Am] given me
this [G] Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
[Em] [Am]
God has given me
[G] this Hallelujah.
[F] Hallelujah.
[G] [Am] Hallelujah.
So you can hear the excitement in the second half of it.
It takes [G] it louder and it's a little more
in the [Am] pocket, as they say here.
A little quieter and [C] sneakier.
It just gives you some contrast.
You can often do that with lots of different songs as well.
That's it.
Enjoy.
Take your morning services to the next level.
This is a great dance song and party and all kinds of [Cm] stuff.
People do not have a hard time remembering to sing
Key:
Am
G
F
C
E
Am
G
F
_ _ _ All right, this is a Hallelu or Psalm 150, often sung in the morning Tefillah.
[D#] I'm told this is a Sufi chant in its origin.
I've got all the chords kind of mapped [N] out here and the frequency with which they change.
I've got some notes on the bottom there about strumming, but mostly _ I'll show you what I'm talking about.
This just has the very last line of the Psalm 150,
Kol han shama tehalel ya, haleluya.
Every soul praise God.
But there's lots and lots of verses, praise God with the shofar, praise God with all kinds
of different things.
Feel free to throw those in as well.
All right, so the main strum that we're going to do here is very common in Ashkenazi Jewish
music as well as bluegrass and some other things, is we're going to [Am] hit a bass note and alternate.
So it's bass, down, bass, down, bass, [A] down.
So for our A minor chord, which is here, we're going to start with the second string from
the top, the A string, and we're going to hit that bass note there for the A minor,
and [Am] then down, and then we're going to hit this E string [E] on the very top, [Am] and then down.
And [Bm] that's sort of the [Am] A minor, how you want to alternate it, [A] starting with the A, [Am] down,
E, down.
It makes you want to put your shoulders up and dance like the_
_ Okay, sorry, getting out of check here.
I digress.
Okay, so that's your A minor.
Another main chord we're going to use here is a G chord, and so [G] unlike the A minor chord,
I often play my G like this, a lot of people play it like this, you're going to start on
the top string here, which is a G note, _ and then we're going to get to the second string down.
So it's the bass note starting lower and then going a little higher here. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Very nice. _
And then for our F chord, you can play a whole bar chord with an F, and this [F] is your bass
note, you know, this note right down here, all the way on the E string, the lowest string,
and then come and then hit this one right here for your next bass note. _
[C#] I get a little better bar sound if I use this, in which case I actually start with [D] this one
right here as my [F] first bass note. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The only other chord [C] we're doing here is an [E] E7, so it's just like an E chord, but you
take off your ring finger, leave it open, and the E and the E7 will start with this
E note, _ [Bm] _ and hit the [G] second string [A] down.
So just [E] like the G, we're starting with the lowest. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] So that's kind of it.
I'll start real slow and speed it up a little bit.
This is a little high on my [C] register, but I'm going to_
Here [Am] we go with _ _ our_ _
_ _ Hallelujah, [G] Hallelujah, _ Hallelujah_
_ [F] Hallelu_
[G] _ _ [Am] _ Repeat that _ Hallelu_ Hallelu_
[G] _ _
_ _ _ [F] [G] Hallelu_ Hallelu_
[Am] _
_ _ Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ Hallelujah.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] Hallelujah.
[C] [G] Hallelujah.
_ [Am] Hallelujah.
That's the whole song.
If you want to take it to the next level,
there's kind of an A section and a B section here.
So this first part [Em] is the A section.
[Am] Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
[G] _ You can [C] actually play that with bar chords
and [E] vary up how the A section and the B section
and the first section and the second section sound a little bit.
So let me show you [Am] what that looks like.
I'm not going to show you exactly how to play a bar chord,
but you can figure that out elsewhere online.
So let's see.
Just to give a little contrast between the A and the B section.
I learned this from Joe English, I think,
who does all kinds of interesting things in the Jewish community.
So this is_
Hallelujah. [C] Hallelujah.
[G] Hallelujah.
_ [F] Hallelujah.
[G] Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
[Am] Now I get to the second part.
[Em] God has [Am] given me
this [G] Hallelujah.
_ Hallelujah.
_ [Em] _ [Am] _
_ God has given me
[G] this Hallelujah.
_ [F] Hallelujah.
_ [G] _ [Am] Hallelujah.
So you can hear the excitement in the second half of it.
It takes [G] it louder and it's a little more
in the [Am] pocket, as they say here.
A little quieter and [C] sneakier.
It just gives you some contrast.
You can often do that with lots of different songs as well.
That's it.
Enjoy.
Take your morning services to the next level.
This is a great dance song and party and all kinds of [Cm] stuff.
People do not have a hard time remembering to sing
[D#] I'm told this is a Sufi chant in its origin.
I've got all the chords kind of mapped [N] out here and the frequency with which they change.
I've got some notes on the bottom there about strumming, but mostly _ I'll show you what I'm talking about.
This just has the very last line of the Psalm 150,
Kol han shama tehalel ya, haleluya.
Every soul praise God.
But there's lots and lots of verses, praise God with the shofar, praise God with all kinds
of different things.
Feel free to throw those in as well.
All right, so the main strum that we're going to do here is very common in Ashkenazi Jewish
music as well as bluegrass and some other things, is we're going to [Am] hit a bass note and alternate.
So it's bass, down, bass, down, bass, [A] down.
So for our A minor chord, which is here, we're going to start with the second string from
the top, the A string, and we're going to hit that bass note there for the A minor,
and [Am] then down, and then we're going to hit this E string [E] on the very top, [Am] and then down.
And [Bm] that's sort of the [Am] A minor, how you want to alternate it, [A] starting with the A, [Am] down,
E, down.
It makes you want to put your shoulders up and dance like the_
_ Okay, sorry, getting out of check here.
I digress.
Okay, so that's your A minor.
Another main chord we're going to use here is a G chord, and so [G] unlike the A minor chord,
I often play my G like this, a lot of people play it like this, you're going to start on
the top string here, which is a G note, _ and then we're going to get to the second string down.
So it's the bass note starting lower and then going a little higher here. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Very nice. _
And then for our F chord, you can play a whole bar chord with an F, and this [F] is your bass
note, you know, this note right down here, all the way on the E string, the lowest string,
and then come and then hit this one right here for your next bass note. _
[C#] I get a little better bar sound if I use this, in which case I actually start with [D] this one
right here as my [F] first bass note. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The only other chord [C] we're doing here is an [E] E7, so it's just like an E chord, but you
take off your ring finger, leave it open, and the E and the E7 will start with this
E note, _ [Bm] _ and hit the [G] second string [A] down.
So just [E] like the G, we're starting with the lowest. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] So that's kind of it.
I'll start real slow and speed it up a little bit.
This is a little high on my [C] register, but I'm going to_
Here [Am] we go with _ _ our_ _
_ _ Hallelujah, [G] Hallelujah, _ Hallelujah_
_ [F] Hallelu_
[G] _ _ [Am] _ Repeat that _ Hallelu_ Hallelu_
[G] _ _
_ _ _ [F] [G] Hallelu_ Hallelu_
[Am] _
_ _ Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ Hallelujah.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] Hallelujah.
[C] [G] Hallelujah.
_ [Am] Hallelujah.
That's the whole song.
If you want to take it to the next level,
there's kind of an A section and a B section here.
So this first part [Em] is the A section.
[Am] Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
[G] _ You can [C] actually play that with bar chords
and [E] vary up how the A section and the B section
and the first section and the second section sound a little bit.
So let me show you [Am] what that looks like.
I'm not going to show you exactly how to play a bar chord,
but you can figure that out elsewhere online.
So let's see.
Just to give a little contrast between the A and the B section.
I learned this from Joe English, I think,
who does all kinds of interesting things in the Jewish community.
So this is_
Hallelujah. [C] Hallelujah.
[G] Hallelujah.
_ [F] Hallelujah.
[G] Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
[Am] Now I get to the second part.
[Em] God has [Am] given me
this [G] Hallelujah.
_ Hallelujah.
_ [Em] _ [Am] _
_ God has given me
[G] this Hallelujah.
_ [F] Hallelujah.
_ [G] _ [Am] Hallelujah.
So you can hear the excitement in the second half of it.
It takes [G] it louder and it's a little more
in the [Am] pocket, as they say here.
A little quieter and [C] sneakier.
It just gives you some contrast.
You can often do that with lots of different songs as well.
That's it.
Enjoy.
Take your morning services to the next level.
This is a great dance song and party and all kinds of [Cm] stuff.
People do not have a hard time remembering to sing