[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]
[Intro - Full drums - plodding rhythm] | A | Amaj7 | Bm | Esus4 x x E - x Esus4 x x | x 2
[Verse - Drums stop - gentle vocals - plodding downstroke muted guitar] [A] I walked across [Amaj7] an empty land [Bm] I knew the pathway like the [Esus4] back of my [E] hand [Esus4] [A] I felt the earth [Amaj7] beneath my feet [Bm] Sat by the river and it [Esus4] made me comp [E] lete [Esus4]
[Pre-chorus] [F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone [D] I'm getting old and I need [D6-x00202] something to re [E] ly on [F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in [D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin (drums in)
[Verse - muted plodding downstroke chords] [A] I came across [Amaj7] a fallen tree [Bm] I felt the branches of it [Esus4] looking at [E] me [Esus4] [A] Is this the place [Amaj7] we used to love? [Bm] Is this the place that I've been [Esus4] dreaming [E] of?
[Pre-chorus - open up chords] [F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone [D] I'm getting old and I need [D6] something to re [E] ly on [F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in [D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin
[Chorus] [Bm] So if you have a [A/C#] minute why don't [E] we go [Bm] Talk about it [A/C#] somewhere only [E] we know [Bm] This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing [D] So why don't we go [E] Somewhere only [A] we know? (drums stop) [D] .......... So [E] mewhere only we know [D] .... [E] (drum fill)
[Pre-chorus] [F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone? [D] I'm getting old and I need [D6] something to re [E] ly on [F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in [D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin
[Chorus] [Bm] And if you have a [A/C#] minute why don't [E] we go [Bm] Talk about it [A/C#] somewhere only [E] we know? [Bm] This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing [D] So why don't [D]we go [D] so why don't [E]we go
[Chorus] [Bm] This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing [D] So why don't we go [E] Somewhere only [A] we know [D] (drums stop - slow vocals to end) [E] Somewhere only we know [D] [E] Somewhere only [D] we know