[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 123 - drop D tuning v1 - use second harmonizer - double - 100% wet and lots of reverb and mid way delay
[Intro] Start with percussive guitar and bass drum D x 4 G x 4 D x 4 G x 4 Bm x 2 A x 2 D x 4 (open up D percussive chord to more open for start)
[Verse 1 - Bm7 works - muted low strings] (Lift thumb but do not rotate wrist so can maintain mute and have loud snare) I want to [D] run I want to [D] hide I want to [D] tear down the walls That hold me in [G-5x0003] side I want to reach [Bm-9x5555] out And touch the [A] flame Where the [C] streets have no name I, I, I, I want to [D] feel, sunlight on my [D] face I see the [D] dust cloud disappear without a [G] trace I want to take [Bm] shelter from the poison [A] rain Where the [C] streets have no name Oh Ah Where the streets have no
[Chorus - D triad at 2nd fret - play 5 3 then 2 on high E] [D] name ............. [D] Where the streets have no name (Head voice, lips tight) We're still building Then [G] burning down love, burning down love And when I [Bm] go there I go there with [A] you... (it's all I can [D] do) [Play high D octave 7 10 no B and lower notes for vamp]
[Verse 2] The city's a [D] flood And our love turns to [D] rust We're beaten and [D] blown by the wind Trampled in [G] dust I'll show you a [Bm] place High on a [A] desert plain Where the [C] streets have no name Oh Ah Where the streets have no
[Chorus] [D] Name ...... Where the streets have no name We're still building [G] Then burning down love, burning down love [Bm] And when I go there [A] I go there with you... [D] it's all I can do [D] Our love turns to rust [D] We're beaten and [G] blown by the wind, blown by the wind Oh when I [Bm] go there, I go there [A] with you It's all I can [D] d
[Outro as per intro] D x 4 G x 4 D x 4 G x 4 Bm x 4 A x 2 then D
[Additional notes] E-7710 10 8 7 8 10 - Play lower notes for verse - then full chords for chorus Try plucking with low open D ringing - 1010 > 107 78 77 78 < [Intro] (Synth) D G Bm A D G D G Bm A (Guitar) D (over synth) D D G D G Bm A C