Leonard Cohen (21 Septiembre 1934 – 7 Noviembre 2016) nació en una familia judía de clase media de ascendencia polaca en Montreal y creció en Westmount. Su padre, Nathan Cohen, era propietario de una tienda de corte y confección y falleció cuando el joven poeta contaba nueve años. Según la tradición familiar, los Cohen descienden de los Kohanim. "Fui querido como un mesías", contó Cohen a Richard Golstein en 1967, "y se me decía que descendía de Aarón".
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
[Verse 1] CAm Now I've heard there was a secret chord CAm That David played, and it pleased the Lord FGCG But you don't really care for music, do you? CFG It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth AmF The minor fall, the major lift GEAm The baffled king composing, hallelujah
[Verse 2] CAm Your faith was strong, but you needed proof CAm You saw her bathing on the roof FGCG Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya CFG She tied you to a kitchen chair AmF She broke your throne, and she cut your hair GEAm And from your lips she drew the hallelujah
[Verse 3] CAm Baby, I've been here before CAm I know this room, I've walked this floor FGCG I used to live alone before I knew you CFG I've seen your flag on the marble arch AmF Love is not a victory march GEAm It's a cold, and it's a broken hallelujah
[Verse 4] CAm There was a time when you let me know CAm What's really going on below FGCG But now you never show it to me, do you? CFG And remember when I moved in you AmF The holy dove was moving too GEAm And every breath we drew was hallelujah
[Verse 5] CAm Maybe there's a God above CAm And all I ever learned from love FGCG Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you CFG It's not a cry you can hear at night AmF It's not somebody who has seen the light GEAm It's a cold, and it's a broken hallelujah
[Verse 6] CAm You say I took the name in vain CAm Though I don't even know the name FGCG But if I did, well really, what's it to ya? CFG There's a blaze of light in every word AmF It doesn't matter which you heard GEAm The holy or the broken hallelujah
[Verse 7] CAm I did my best, it wasn't much CAm I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch FGCG I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya CFG And even though it all went wrong AmF I'll stand before the Lord of Song GEAm With nothing on my tongue but hallelujah