PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
046 - Hallelujah
Verse 1
(Sop/Alto) 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 ya?
It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth,
The minor fall, the major lift;
The baffled king composing hallelujah.
(All) Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelu—-jah.
Verse 2
(Tenor/Bass) Baby, I’ve been here before
I know this room, I’ve walked this floor.
I used to live alone before I knew ya.
I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.
(All) Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelu—-jah.
Verse 3
(Sop/Alto) You say I took the name in vain,
Though I don’t even know the name,
But if I did, well really, what’s it to ya?
There’s a blaze of light in every word,
It doesn’t matter what you heard,
The holy or the broken hallelujah.
(All) Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelu—-jah.
16-bar instrumental
Verse 4
(Tenor/Bass) 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 ya.
And even though it all went wrong,
I’ll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but hallelujah.
(All - Soprano descant) Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelu—-
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelu—-jah.
A song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen.