[HANASHIR:12265] Leonard Cohen's "Halleluyah"

[Robbi Sherwin <sherwin...>]

I've never seen "The West Wing," but this amazing song was also featured prominently in the movie, "Shrek," proving once again that it was really a movie made for adults!  Look at the lyrics again - is this a song for the kinderleh? 

I'm now living in  Denver - let me know if any of you out there are also enjoying a Jewish Rocky Mountain Chai.  Chag sameach to all -

Robbi Sherwin


The song was written by Leonard Cohen and performed by Jeff Buckley.  Don't know about the chords, but here are the lyrics as posted on www.jeffbuckley.com

Hallelujah 
Music and Lyrics by Leonard Cohen (Stranger Music [SOCAN]) 

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 forth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift 
The baffled king composing 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 her kitchen chair 
She broke your throne and she cut your hair 
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah 

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 ya 
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch 
But love is not a victory march 
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah 

There was a time when you let me know 
What's really going on below 
But now you never show that to me do ya 
But remember when I moved in you 
And the holy dove was moving too 
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah 

Well, maybe there's a God above 
But all I've ever learned from love 
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya 
It's not a cry that you hear at night 
It's not somebody who's seen the light 
It's cold and it's a broken Hallelujah 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah...