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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
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The song, written by Leonard Cohen, is about love which has soured and gone stale. Cohen used a lot of religious imagery, including references to some of the more notorious women
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (Live at Bearsville Studios, New York - 1993)
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[Verse 1] / Well I heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / Well it goes like this, the fourth
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Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
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By some interpretations, Cohen is in an argument with God. King David’s “hallelujah,” in the book of Psalms, is said to have pleased the Lord. Cohen addresses God: “But you don’t
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (Live À L’ Olympia 1995)
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[Verse 1] / Well I heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / Well it goes like this, the fourth
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah/I Know It's Over (Medley) (Live at The King Theatre, Seattle, WA - May 7, 1995)
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I 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
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah Covers
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See all of “Hallelujah” by Jeff Buckley’s covers
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (Live at MTV Japan, Tokyo, Japan - January 1995)
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[Verse 1] / Well I heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / Well it goes like this, the fourth
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (You and I Ver.)
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[Verse 1] / Well I heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / Well it goes like this, the fourth
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah Samples
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See all of “Hallelujah” by Jeff Buckley’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Jeff Buckley – Grace
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The song was based on an instrumental song called “Rise Up to Be” written by Buckley’s collaborator, Gary Lucas. Jeff wrote lyrics inspired by his saying goodbye to his girlfriend
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The Indelicates – If Jeff Buckley Had Lived
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If Jeff Buckley had lived / And his voice still was heard / On the weak second album / And difficult third / Then the critics, who broke him / He couldn't forgive - / Would grow
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Chonny Jash – Hallelujah
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[Verse 1] / They say there was a secret chord / That David played and it pleased the lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / Well, it goes like this: the fourth, the
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Jeff Buckley – Lover, You Should've Come Over
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[Verse 1] / Looking out the door I see the rain / Fall upon the funeral mourners / Parading in a wake of sad relations / As their shoes fill up with water / Maybe I'm too young
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Jeff Buckley – I Know It's Over
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“I Know It’s Over” is Jeff Buckley’s second cover from The Smiths album The Queen Is Dead
In an interview with NPR Jeff’s mother, Mary Guibert said Jeff idolised The Smiths:
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Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah Covers
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See all of “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen’s covers
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TheDooo – Hallelujah (Cover)
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[Verse 1] / Well I heard there was a secret chord / That David played and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / Well it goes like this, the fourth
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Red Wanting Blue – Hallelujah
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We're lost, I'm sure of it / But I know the sun will rise again / So we will rise with it and try again to make our way home / How, I don't know / We'll carry the hope and follow
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Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye
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“Last Goodbye” was the second single from Grace. It details a man ending a relationship with a woman who both love each other, but both come to terms with the fact that they are
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Jeff Buckley – Everyday People
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[Verse 1] / Sometimes I'm right others I'm wrong / My own beliefs are in my song / The butcher the baker, the drummer and then / Makes no difference 'bout the group I'm in / But
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Jeff Buckley – Corpus Christi Carol
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Jeff included this cover of the Benjamin Britten piece as a gift to his high school friend Roy Rollo from Long Beach, California. Roy had introduced Jeff to the work of the
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