Rufus Wainwright's version of this song is in the key of C, but Brandi plays it in G
and tweaks the verse and chorus just a bit. This is not on her album, but she plays
it live at some shows.
Guitarists should toy around to see which D chord works best for the song.
I'm using something close to Dsus on my banjo.
intro:
|G Em|G Em|
1st:
G Em
I’ve heard that there’s a secret chord
G Em
That David played and it pleased the Lord
C C G G
But you don’t really care for music do you?
G C D
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
Em C
The minor fall, the major lifts
D Am Em
And the baffled King composing Hallelujah
G C C G
Hallelujah, hallelujah
G C C-G-D-G
Hallelujah, hallelujah
2nd:
Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/brandi_carlile/hallelujah_crd.html ]
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
3rd:
Darling I’ve been here before
I’ve seen this room, I’ve walked these floors
You know 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
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah, Oh yea…
5th:
There was a time when you let me know
What’s really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The Holy Dark was moving too
And every breath you drew was hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
6th:
So maybe there’s a God above
But all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It’s not a cry you can hear at night
It’s not somebody who’s seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah
G C C G
Hallelujah, hallelujah
G C C-G-D-G
Hallelujah, hallelujah
G C C G
Hallelujah, hallelujah
G C C-G-D-G
Hallelujah, hallelujah
