Now, I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which are heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, 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
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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wyckette
There are over 80 verses to this song according to Leonard Cohen's bio. That means covers can inc lude any of those verses. I'd love to get a copy of all of the verses.
Te Ra
How do I get the 80 verses? Thankz Te Ra
Brentgas
These are the lyrics as L.Cohen first performed on "Various Positions" in the eighties. His Live in London 2008 recording includes most of the verses you mention but it's "Holy Dove" not dog. Cohen added verses over years of performing this song. Ken S.
xScoTTy Cx
There's a verse missing in this: Baby, I've been here before, I know this room and I've walked this floor/ I used to live alone before I knew you I've seen your flag on the marble arch, but love is not a victory march/ It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah That was only for the American Idol version. ****, the last two verses aren't even in the song. Along with what I posted earlier, this the actual wording: There was a time when you let me know what's really going on below/ But now you never show it to me, do you? Remember when I moved in you and the Holy Dog was moving too/ And every breath we drew was Hallelujah? Maybe there's a God above and maybe all I ever learned from love/ Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you And it's not a cry you can hear at night, it's not somebody who's seen the light/ It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah The person that wrote the lyrics on here wrote the iTunes lyrics
True Blood
****, the last two verses aren't even in the song. Along with what I posted earlier, this the actual wording: There was a time when you let me know what's really going on below/ But now you never show it to me, do you? Remember when I moved in you and the Holy Dog was moving too/ And every breath we drew was Hallelujah? Maybe there's a God above and maybe all I ever learned from love/ Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you And it's not a cry you can hear at night, it's not somebody who's seen the light/ It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
True Blood
There's a verse missing in this: Baby, I've been here before, I know this room and I've walked this floor/ I used to live alone before I knew you I've seen your flag on the marble arch, but love is not a victory march/ It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
Jo..
beautiful song!! love it!!