John Cale Tabs

Hallelujah

C C/B Am X2
   C             C/B Am
I heard there was a secret chord
       C          C/B Am 
that David played and it pleased the Lord 
     F                G              C G 
But you don't really care for music do ya 
     C                  F          E 
It goes like this the fourth the fifth 
      Am                 F 
the minor fall and the major lift 
        G            E          Am 
The baffled king composing hallelujah 
     F          Am           F            C G   C G 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

      C              C/B Am
Her faith was strong but she needed proof
     C          C/B Am 
You saw her bathing on the roof
      F              G            C         G 
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
      C             F       E 
She tied you to a kitchen chair
     Am                       F 
She broke your throne and she cut your hair 
     G                  E            Am 
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah 
      F          Am          F            C G   C  G 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

C            C/B Am
Maybe i've been here before
     C             C/B Am 
I know this room, I've walked this floor
     F           G              C            G 
I used to live alone before I knew you
      C                      F      E 
I've seen your flag on the marble lodge
     Am             F 
and love is not a victory march
       G               E        Am 
It's acold and it's abroken hallelujah
      F          Am           F           C G   C G 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

       C          C/B Am
There was a time, you let me know
         C      C/B Am 
what's really going on below 
     F              G             C    G 
But now you never showed it to me do ya
     C              F       E 
I remember when I moved in you
         Am              F 
and the holy dove was moving too
     G               E            Am 
And every breath we drew was hallelujah
     F           Am          F           C G   C G 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

     C           C/B Am
And maybe there's a God above  
     C     C/B Am 
And all I ever learned from love
    F               G              C          G 
is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
          C                    F     E 
And it's not the cry that you hear tonight 
          Am                 F 
and it's not somebody who's seen the light
       G               E         Am 
It's acold and it's abroken hallelujah
      F          Am           F          Am    
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
      F          Am           F          C G   C  
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

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