- 1. 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 + #. I [C]heard there was a [Am]secret chord + That [C]David played and it [Am]pleased the lord + But [F]you don't really [G]care for music, [C]do you? [G] + Well it [C]goes like this the [F]fourth, the [G]fifth + The [Am]minor fall and the [F]major lift + The [G]baffled king [Em]composing halle[Am]lujah - R: Hallelujah, Hallelujah - Hallelujah, Hallelujah + R: Halle[F]lujah, halle[Am]lujah, halle[F]lujah, halle[C]lu-u-[G]u-u-[C]jah...1. 2. 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, she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah R: Hallelujah, Hallelujah ... 3. 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. R: Hallelujah, Hallelujah ... 4. Maybe I've been here before I seen this room, I've walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew you 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 ---> R: Hallelujah, Hallelujah ... 5. There was a time you'd let me know What's real and going on below But now you never show it to me do you? Remember when I moved in you? The holy dark was moving too And every breath we drew was hallelujah R: Hallelujah, Hallelujah ... 6. 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 R: Hallelujah, Hallelujah ... 7. 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 R: Hallelujah, Hallelujah ...