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Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen Average 5.0/5 · 1 rating
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AI reference · supporting evidence Mixed · 12/8 · about 130 BPM

Compact Leonard Cohen arrangement in G, using one 12/8 bar per chord unless explicitly grouped. The four verses are followed by their pre-chorus and chorus; the final chorus is expanded to three vocal repetitions. Intro and outro are included, yielding approximately 254 seconds, plausible for the 274-second recording with vocal holds and transitions.

Timing check: At 90 BPM in 12/8, each bar is 2.667 seconds. The 95-bar arrangement is about 253 seconds; sustained vocal syllables, chord entrances, and transitions plausibly fill the approximately 274-second recording. Adjacent full-bar chord events were paired because the literal interpretation exceeded the verified recording duration.

Expected about 103 bars; arranged 90.0 bars (about 240 seconds, recording 274 seconds).
Intro: strings 6-4-3-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-3-4 Verse: strings 6-4-3-2-3-4 Pre-Chorus: D U D X D U D U
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Chordingly arrangement Recommended Edited & saved Average 5.0/5
Key
E/D#
Capo
5
Tempo
130 BPM

Built from 4 playable sources, using saved arrangement as the structural base. Chord-sequence agreement: 58%.

B/·/·/· | B/·/·/· | 3/·/·/· | 2/·/·/· | 1/·/·/· | B/·/·/· | B/·/·/· | B/·/·/· | 3/·/·/· | 2/·/·/· | 1/·/·/· | B/·/·/· · two bars · Applies to: Intro, Verse B/·/·/· | 3/·/·/· | 2/·/·/· | 1/·/·/· | 2/·/·/· | B+3/·/·/· | B/·/·/· | 3/·/·/· | 2/·/·/· | 1/·/·/· | 2/·/·/· | 3/·/·/· · two bars · Applies to: Pre-Chorus, Chorus, Outro

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[Intro]|       |       | x2 [Verse]|       |       |Now 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?[Pre-Chorus]|   |   | It goes like this the fourth, the fifth|  |  |The minor fall, the major lift|  |  |  |  | The baffled king composing Hallelujah[Chorus]|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah[Verse]|       |       |Your faith was strong, but you needed proof|       |       |You saw her bathing on the roof|  |  |  |  |Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya[Pre-Chorus]|   |   |She tied you to a kitchen chair|  |  |She broke your throne, and she cut your hair|  |  |  |  | And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah[Chorus]  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah[Verse]|       |       |You say I took the name in vain|       |       |I don't even know the name|  |  |  |  |But if I did, well really, what's it to ya?[Pre-Chorus]|   |   |There's a blaze of light in every word|  |  |It doesn't matter which you heard|  |  |  |  | The holy or the broken Hallelujah[Chorus]|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah[Verse]|       |       |I did my best, it wasn't much|       |       |I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch|  |  |  |  |I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya[Pre-Chorus]|   |   |And even though it all went wrong|  |  |I'll stand before the Lord of Song|  |  |  |  | With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah[Chorus]|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu-u-jah[Outro]  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | x4Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah