[Verse 1 - Melody starts on note D] Now I've [G] heard there was a se [Em] cret chord That [G] David played, and it pl [Em] eased the Lord But [C] you don't really [D] care for music, do [G] you? [D] It [G] goes like this the [C] fourth, the [D] fifth The [Em] minor fall, the [C] major lift The [D] baffled king com [B7] posing Halle [Em] lujah Halle [C] lujah, Halle [Em] lujah, Halle [C] lujah, Halle [G] lu- [D] u- [G] jah [D]
[Verse 2] Your [G] faith was strong, but you [Em] needed proof You [G] saw her bathing [Em] on the roof Her [C] beauty and the [D] moonlight over [G] threw ya [D] She [G] tied you to a [C] kitchen [D] chair She [Em] broke your throne, and she [C] cut your hair And [D] from your lips she [B7] drew the Halle [Em] lujah Halle [C] lujah, Halle [Em] lujah, Halle [C] lujah, Halle [G] lu- [D] u- [G] jah [D]
[Verse 3] You [G] say I took the [Em] name in vain [G] I don't even [Em] know the name But [C] if I did, well [D] really, what's it [G] to ya? [D] There's a [G] blaze of light in [C] every [D] word It [Em] doesn't matter [C] which you heard The [D] holy or the [B7] broken Halle [Em] lujah Halle [C] lujah, Halle [Em] lujah, Halle [C] lujah, Halle [G] lu- [D] u- [G] jah [D]
[Verse 4] I [G] did my best, it [Em] wasn't much I [G] couldn't feel, so I [Em] tried to touch I've [C] told the truth, I [D] didn't come to fool y [G] a [D] And [G] even though it [C] all went [D] wrong I'll [Em] stand before the [C] Lord of Song With [D] nothing on my [B7] tongue but Halle [Em] lujah
[Outro] Halle [C] lujah, Halle [Em] lujah, Halle [C] lujah, Halle [G] lu [D] jah x 4 - end on [G] [End]
[BPM 81 - Intro - No drums - Fmaj7 Riff] [C][Fmaj7+riff][C][Fmaj7] - straight quarter note strums drums in - don't play riff second time
[Verse 1 - Drums in - Big fill flat of hand on main body - don't play final riff of intro] [C] Slip inside the [G] eye of your mind [Am] Don't you [E7] know you might [F] find ...... [G] A better place to [C] play [Am][G]
[Verse 2] [C] You said that [G] you'd never been [Am] But all the [E7] things that you've [F] seen .... [G] Slowly fade a [C] way [Am][G]
[Prechorus] [F] Gonna start a revo [Fm] lution from my [C] bed Cos you [F] said the brains I [Fm] have went to my [C] head
[F] Step outside the [Fm] summertime's in [C] bloom (drums - backward beat S B S B) [G] Stand up beside the fireplace [E7] Take that look from off your face (normal beat) [Am] Cos you ain't ever [G] going to burn my [F] heart ou.... [G] out [Vamp on G - Big fills thumb and chords at same time - play quarter notes on bass drum throughout]
[Chorus] [C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C]soul [G] slides a [Am] way [E7] but don't look [F] back in anger [G] I heard you [C] say [Am][G]
[Instrumental] C G Am E7 F G C Am-G
[Verse 3] [C] Take me to the [G] place where you [Am] go Where no [E7] body knows [F] .... [G] If it's night or day [C][Am][G] [C] Please don't put your [G] life in the [Am] hands Of a [E7] Rock and Roll [F] band .... [G] Who'll throw it all [C] away [Am][G]
[Prechorus] [F] Gonna start a revo [Fm] lution from my [C] bed Cos you [F] said the brains I [Fm] have went to my [C] head [F] Step outside the [Fm] summertime's in [C] bloom (backward beat) [G] Stand up beside the fireplace [E7] Take that look from off your face (normal beat) [Am] Cos you ain't ever [G] going to burn my [F] heart ou... [G]..outX
[Vamp on G - with drum fills] (drums - leave open strings of G ringing - play r/h bottom of board) (l/h - top of board near submarine pickup)
[Chorus] [C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C]soul [G] slides a [Am] way [E7] but don't look [F] back in anger [G] I heard you [C] say [Am][G]
[Chorus] [C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C]soul [G] slides a [Am] way [E7] but don't look [F] back in anger [G] I heard you [C] say [Am][G]
[C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C] soul [G] slides a [Am] way, [Stop]
But don't look [F] back in anger Dont look [Fm] back in anger I heard you [C] say
[G][Am][E7][F][Fm] At least not to [C] day [End]
[Notes] [Fmaj7 Riff] E 0-0-0 B 1-1-1 G x-x-0 D 2-3-3 on D string finger 2 with 2nd finger, 3 with 3rd finger - G is sort of naturally muted