” Hallelujah ” By Leonard Cohen – Ukulele Playalong

Ukulele Chords & Lyrics On 2 Sheets ( PDF ) This song originally released in 1984 on Leonard Cohen's album "Various Positions". We used this version for this ukulele tutorial. It's written in the key of C major with a 6/8 beat. The tempo varies around 56 bpm. The strumming is very simple, just alternating up- and down strokes. Try to keep up with the rhythm. If you can play this playalong, you might try some more difficult strumming patterns. Mr Cohen once told Bob Dylan that it took him two years to write the song. More than 100 renditions of the song have been recorded. Jeff Buckley recorded one of the best-known versions of "Hallelujah" for his album "Grace" in 1994. The rendition of John Cale ( former Velvet Underground member ) was used for the score of "Shrek". Friendly Fred

14 Comments

Dieter on March 9, 2013 at 9:28 am

Sehr schön, vielen Dank, bitte mehr davon 🙂
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- Friendly Fred on March 9, 2013 at 12:13 pm
  
  Freut mich, wenn’s Dir gefällt Dieter.
  Strum on.
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Lucy on March 11, 2013 at 11:57 pm

That’s a great way to learn this song. Thank you for this tutorial.
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- Friendly Fred on March 12, 2013 at 12:32 am
  
  Thank you Lucy for your kind words.
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Jimmy on February 26, 2014 at 2:37 am

That great tutorial I like it.
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- Friendly Fred on February 27, 2014 at 12:54 pm
  
  Thanks for watching.
  
  Best wishes
  FriendlyFred.
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Hang on April 2, 2014 at 12:20 am

i love it so much. Thanks for the chords, i really love this song. DANKE :X
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- Friendly Fred on April 2, 2014 at 5:05 pm
  
  Thanks Hang.
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peter j on June 11, 2014 at 1:04 pm

Nice, any suggestions for strumming pattern that will work for Suzanne?
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- Friendly Fred on June 16, 2014 at 12:52 pm
  
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
  D D U D D
  
  That would be an option. Or you do some picking like he did himself.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIssqxixYp0
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Arn on April 20, 2015 at 6:10 am

These tutorials are done so well – thank you. One suggestion for the website would be to show the cords used in the song. For a beginner with about 6 chords it would be great to know if I have a shot at being able to play it before I click it. Apart from that great stuff.
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- Friendly Fred on June 14, 2015 at 2:09 pm
  
  Hi Arn,
  
  we usually put a link with the chord sheet on the blog. But it’s a good idea to show all used chords in the beginning of the video.
  
  Best wishes
  FriendlyFred
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KAREN on May 24, 2015 at 3:58 pm

THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING TEACHING TOOL. I AM NEW TO THE UKE AND COULD NOT HAVE LEARNED THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG WITHOUT YOUR HELP. THE CORDS, NEXT CORD, STRUMMING, PDF PRINT. WOW – YOU ROCK ! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU -SO COOL – WHAT A GIFT
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- Friendly Fred on June 14, 2015 at 2:27 pm
  
  Hi Karen,
  
  thanks for your encouragement. Try out the other playalongs too. Keep on strumming.
  
  All the best
  FriendlyFred
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