Hallelujah Acoustic Guitar Lesson - Leonard Cohen video free download

Here is an acoustic guitar lesson of Hallelujah originally by Leonard Cohen but has also been recorded by Jeff Buckley, John Cale, Rufus Wainwright plus many others. This version is based on the John Cale/Rufus Wainwright version. This lesson has been done by James from the acoustic covers duo "Handsome Alvin", please check out our covers at:

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Timing and Picking: 6/8 picking 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

When picking the chords play the following strings in the timing of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6:

C chord: A, D, G, High E, B, G

G chord: Low E, A, D, High E, B, G

Am chord: A, D, G, High E, B, G

F chord; D, G, B, High E, B, G

E chord: Low E, A, D, High E, B, G

Intro Chord Progression:

C; G; C; G;

Verse Chord Progression:

C; Am; C; Am;

F; G; C; G;

C; F G; Am; F;

G; E; Am; Am II;

Chorus Chord Progression:

F; F; Am; Am;

F; F; C; G; C; G;

Lyrics:

Intro (0:00)

Verse 1 (0:03)

Well I heard there was a secret chord

That David played and it pleased the Lord

But you don't really care for music, do ya?

Well it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth,

The minor fall and the major lift

The baffled king composing hallelujah

Chorus (0:37)

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Verse 2 (0:59)

Your faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya

And she tied you to her kitchen chair

And she broke your throne and she cut your hair

And from your lips she drew the hallelujah

Chorus (1:32)

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Verse 3 (1:55)

Baby, Ive been here before

Ive seen this room and I've walked this floor

You know, I used to live alone before I knew ya

But Ive seen your flag on the marble arch

And love is not a victory march

It's a cold and its a broken hallelujah

Chorus (2:27)

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Verse 4 (2:49)

Well there was a time when you let me know

What's really going on below

But now you never show that to me do ya ?

But remember when I moved in you

And the holy dove was moving too

And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Chorus (3:22)

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Verse 5

Maybe there's a God above

but all Ive ever learned from love

was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya

and it's not a cry that you here at night

and it's not somebody who's seen the light

it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Out Chorus

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Enjoy

James from Handsome Alvin