Hallelujah

by Leonard Cohen

🌟 Must-Learn Songs
Difficulty ★★★☆☆
Tuning Standard
Capo None

Leonard Cohen's masterwork, popularized by Jeff Buckley's haunting cover. The song features a mesmerizing 6/8 arpeggio pattern that weaves through C, Am, F, and G chords. Learning this fingerpicking pattern and applying it across all the verses is a transformative exercise in acoustic guitar.

[Intro - Arpeggiated]
  C                              Am
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-|
G|---0-------0---0-------0---2-------2---2-------|
D|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------0-----------0--------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

  C                              Am
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-|
G|---0-------0---0-------0---2-------2---2-------|
D|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------0-----------0--------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]
  C                              Am
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-|
G|---0-------0---0-------0---2-------2---2-------|
D|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------0-----------0--------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

  C                              Am
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-|
G|---0-------0---0-------0---2-------2---2-------|
D|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------0-----------0--------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

  F                              G
e|-------1-----------1-----------3-----------3---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------0---0-------0---0-|
G|---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0---0-------|
D|-3-----------3-----------0-----------0--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------2-----------2--------|
E|-1-----------1-----------3-----------3--------|

  C                  G
e|-------0-----------3-----------3-----------3---|
B|-----1---1-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-|
G|---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------|
D|-2-----------0-----------0-----------0--------|
A|-3-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
E|--------------3-----------3-----------3--------|

[Chorus]
  F                              Am
e|-------1-----------1-----------0-----------0---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-|
G|---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------|
D|-3-----------3-----------2-----------2--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------0-----------0--------|
E|-1-----------1------------------------------------|

  F                              C            G
e|-------1-----------1-----------0-----------3---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------0---0-|
G|---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0---0-------|
D|-3-----------3-----------2-----------0--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------3-----------2--------|
E|-1-----------1-----------------------3--------|

  C
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-|
G|---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------|
D|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3--------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2]
  C                              Am
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-|
G|---0-------0---0-------0---2-------2---2-------|
D|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------0-----------0--------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

  C                              Am
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-|
G|---0-------0---0-------0---2-------2---2-------|
D|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------0-----------0--------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

  F                              G
e|-------1-----------1-----------3-----------3---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------0---0-------0---0-|
G|---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0---0-------|
D|-3-----------3-----------0-----------0--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------2-----------2--------|
E|-1-----------1-----------3-----------3--------|

  C                  G
e|-------0-----------3-----------3-----------3---|
B|-----1---1-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-|
G|---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------|
D|-2-----------0-----------0-----------0--------|
A|-3-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
E|--------------3-----------3-----------3--------|

[Chorus 2]
  F                              Am
e|-------1-----------1-----------0-----------0---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-|
G|---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------|
D|-3-----------3-----------2-----------2--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------0-----------0--------|
E|-1-----------1------------------------------------|

  F                              C            G
e|-------1-----------1-----------0-----------3---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------0---0-|
G|---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0---0-------|
D|-3-----------3-----------2-----------0--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------3-----------2--------|
E|-1-----------1-----------------------3--------|

  C
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-|
G|---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------|
D|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3--------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

[Verse 3]
  C                              Am
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-|
G|---0-------0---0-------0---2-------2---2-------|
D|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------0-----------0--------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

  F                              G
e|-------1-----------1-----------3-----------3---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------0---0-------0---0-|
G|---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0---0-------|
D|-3-----------3-----------0-----------0--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------2-----------2--------|
E|-1-----------1-----------3-----------3--------|

  C                  G
e|-------0-----------3-----------3-----------3---|
B|-----1---1-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-|
G|---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------|
D|-2-----------0-----------0-----------0--------|
A|-3-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
E|--------------3-----------3-----------3--------|

[Chorus 3]
  F                              Am
e|-------1-----------1-----------0-----------0---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-|
G|---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------|
D|-3-----------3-----------2-----------2--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------0-----------0--------|
E|-1-----------1------------------------------------|

  F                              C            G
e|-------1-----------1-----------0-----------3---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------0---0-|
G|---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0---0-------|
D|-3-----------3-----------2-----------0--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------3-----------2--------|
E|-1-----------1-----------------------3--------|

[Outro]
  C                              Am
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
B|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-|
G|---0-------0---0-------0---2-------2---2-------|
D|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
A|-3-----------3-----------0-----------0--------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

  C~
e|-------0~-----------------------------------------|
B|-----1~-------------------------------------------|
G|---0~---------------------------------------------|
D|-2~-----------------------------------------------|
A|-3~-----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
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