Secrets

Hallelujah



Words & Music by Leonard Cohen

As performed & Transcribed by Allison Crowe



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?

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

The minor fall, the major lift

The baffled king composing Hallelujah



Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah



Well, 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, she cut your hair

And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah



Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah



Well, 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.

But I've seen your flag on the marble arch,

And love is not a victory march,

It's a cold and it is a broken Hallelujah



Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah



Well, there was a time when you'd let me know

What's really going on below,

But now you never show that to me, do you?

But remember when I moved in you,

And the Holy Ghost was moving too,

And every breath we drew was Hallelujah



Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah



Well, maybe there is a God above,

But all that I've ever learned from love

Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you.

It's not a cry that you hear at night,

And it is not somebody who has seen the light

It's a cold and it is a broken Hallelujah



Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah



Hallelujah, Hallelujah



Hallelujah



Hallelujah