Ali Handal - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen Acoustic Cover)

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I learned the song to play at a family friend’s memorial service some years ago (which is why I cut out some of the more salacious lyrics). It’s such a beautiful song by a legendary writer.

I enjoy playing this song either on acoustic guitar OR on electric guitar (as Jeff Buckley recorded it). I find that different guitars evoke different emotions and performances… and which guitar I pick up depends on the mood I’m in at the time.

Lyrics

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 falls, the major lifts
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Baby I've been here before
I've seen 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

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there's a god above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
It's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah