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Title: Hallelujah Leonard Cohen Cover View count: 381 Rating: 5.0 (10 ratings) Description: "Hallelujah" is a song by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen originally released on the 1984 studio album Various Positions; it achieved little initial success but has gone on to become famous and frequently covered. "Hallelujah" has now surpassed "Suzanne," to become the most-covered Cohen song. The song's first notable cover was by John Cale in 1991, and since then has been performed by almost two hundred artists in various languages. It has been the subject of a BBC radio documentary and been featured in the soundtracks of numerous movies and television shows. "Hallelujah", in its original version, is a song in triple meter which evokes the styles of both waltz and gospel music. Written in the key of C major, the chord progression follows the lyric "it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, and the major lift": F, G, A minor, F.[3] Cohen's original version contains several biblical references, most notably evoking the story of Samson and Delilah from the Book of Judges as well as King David: "you saw her bathing on the roof, her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you".[3] Since his original studio album version, live performances by Leonard Cohen almost invariably include the final song verses not performed by many others. Numerous artists mix lyrics from both versions, and occasionally make direct lyric changes such as Rufus Wainwright singing "holy dark" and Allison Crowe singing "Holy Ghost" rather than "holy dove". Cohen's lyrical poetry and his view that "many different hallelujahs exist" is reflected in wide-ranging covers with very different intents or tones of speech, allowing the song to be ""melancholic, fragile, uplifting [or] joyous" depending on the performer: John Cale, the first person to record a cover version of the song, promoted a message of "soberness and sincerity" in contrast to Cohen's dispassionate tone;[3] Jeff Buckley's cover is more sorrowful and was described by Buckley as "a hallelujah to the orgasm"; Allison Crowe interpreted the song as a "very sexual" composition that discussed relationships;[3] Rufus Wainwright offered a "purifying and almost liturgical" interpretation to the song; and Guy Garvey of Elbow anthropomorphised the hallelujah as a "stately creature" and incorporated his religious interpretation of the song into his band's recordings. The song is played in the key of C Major at a tempo of 56bpm. The vocal range is E4-A5 Above From Wikipedia Hallelujah (lyrics) I've 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 fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Well, your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne, she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Well, 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 you. But I've seen your flag on the marble arch, And love is not a victory march, It's a cold and it is a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Well, there was a time when you'd let me know What's really going on below, But now you never show that to me, do you? But remember when I moved in you, And the Holy Ghost was moving too, And every breath we drew was Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Well, maybe there is a God above, But all that I've ever learned from love Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you. It's not a cry that you hear at night, And it is not somebody who has seen the light It's a cold and it is a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Tags: harvestmoon713, folk, rock, pop, indie, acoustic, guitar, yamaha, Author: HarvestMoon713 |
