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Artist: Leonard Cohen
Track: Hallelujah

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Now, 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

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
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 which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

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

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Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
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Although not as popular as some later covers of Leonard Cohen’s original, John Cale’s cover is still quite impactful, and its shortening of Cohen’s original sprawling lyrics has
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I heard there was a secreat chord / That David played and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music,do ya ? / It goes like this, the 4th, the 5th / The minor fall
Tori Kelly – Hallelujah
American singer-songwriter Tori Kelly delivers a beautiful cover of Leonard Cohen’s classic, “Hallelujah”, for the soundtrack of the animated musical comedy film Sing. Tori
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Well 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
Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah Interpolations
See all of “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen’s interpolations
Andrea Bocelli & Virginia Bocelli – Hallelujah
[Verse 1: Virginia Bocelli] / Now 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? / Well, it goes
Allie Sherlock – Hallelujah
[Verse 1] / Well, I've heard there was a secret chord / That David played and it pleased the Lord / You don't really care for music, do ya? / Well, it goes like this, the fourth
Nurko & Devon Baldwin – Hallelujah
[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
Jai-Jagdeesh – Hallelujah
[Verse 1] / I heard there was a secret chord / 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 fifth
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[Verse 1] / I heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / You don't really care for music, do ya? / Well it goes like this / The fourth, the fifth
Kathryn Williams – Hallelujah
(Leonard Cohen) / Well 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
Patricia O'Callaghan – Hallelujah
[Verse 1] / 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? / It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The Vamps – Hallelujah
[Verse 1: Bradley] / 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? / Well it goes like this, the
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Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen (21 September 1934 – 7 November 2016) was a Canadian poet, singer-songwriter, and novelist. He earned the highest accolades in his craft, was inducted into the