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] C6Am I heard there was a secret chord C6Am that David played and it pleased the Lord, FGCG But you don't really care for music do you. CFE It goes like this the fourth the fifth, AmF the minor fall and the major lift GEE7AmAm/G The baffled king composing hallelujah
[Verse 2] C6Am Your faith was strong but you needed proof C6Am You saw her bathing on the roof FGCG Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew her CFE She tied you to a kitchen chair AmF She broke your throne, and she cut your hair GEE7AmAm/G And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
[Verse 3] C6Am You say I took the name in vain C6Am I don't even know the name FGCG But if I did, well really, what's it to you? CFE There's a blaze of light in every word AmF It doesn't matter which you heard GEE7AmAm/G The holy or the broken Hallelujah
[Verse 4] C6Am Baby I've been here before. C6Am I know this room I've walked this floor. FGCG I used to live alone before I knew you. CFE I've seen your flag on the marble arch AmF but love is not a victory march GEE7AmAm/G It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
[Verse 5] C6Am There was a time you let me know C6Am whats really going on below FGCG but now you never show it to me do you? CFE I remember when I moved in you AmF and the holy dove was moving too GEE7AmAm/G and every breath we drew was Hallelujah
[Verse 6] C6Am Now maybe there's a God above C6Am but all I ever learned from love FGCG is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you CFE And it's no complaint you hear tonight AmF and it's not some pilgrim who's seen the light GEE7AmAm/G it's a cold and it's a lonely Hallelujah
[Verse 7] C6Am I did my best it wasn't much. C6Am I couldn't feel so I learned to touch. FGCG I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you. CFE And even though it all went wrong, AmF I'll stand before the Lord of Song GEE7AmAm/G with nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah