Other tabs I found for this song were completely wrong, so here's what I could make of it...
Drop that E to a D
Use the Bb of your choice
(x)=optional...gives a fuller sound if you're playing alone
*=of a sort
**=preferred Bb
Repeating chords:
Bb** Dm/a Dmadd6*/G Dm*
e---1---------x-----------x----------x---|
B---3---------x-----------x----------x---|
G---3--------(7)---------(7)--------(7)--|
D---3---------7-----------8----------7---|
A---1---------5-----------5----------5---|
D---x---------7-----------5----------0---|
Verse/Chorus:
Strum/Pluck those in order, listen to song for rhythm.
That's most of the song but there's another part (interlude?) that's a tad
bit difficult to figure out cause there's a lot going on...but here's how I
play it solo/live...it's not completely right but it sounds fine:
e-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-------------------------|
D--1-----------5----------|
A-(1)--(x16)--(5)--(x16)--|
D--1-----------5----------|
Repeat a few times then strum Dm* for a bit and go back to main part.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/k_os/hallelujah_tab.html ]
Pretty easy song...there are some treble notes in the verse/chorus that you
can pick out if you'd like but it doesn't really matter...sounds fine either
way. Here are the lyrics for you lazy slobs like myself who don't feel like
looking them up but would like to sing along as you play:
[Verse 1]
I walk down these city streets
Just a lonely man inspired
Hoping God will send me water down
To quench this burning fire
If i left here for the mountain
A monastery man
Things will stay the same so I'll remain
And show just who I am
Seeing things around me
Bonnie and Clyde
Graffiti with no message
Doctors, medicines, or pride
But it doesn't really matter
They're blowin' in the wind
On the cover of a magazine
[Chorus: 2x]
Hallelujah
Babylon is falling
Babylon is falling
[Verse 2]
I try to wash my dirty hands
But they won't come off the water
Hopin' truth will make me clean and then
Redeem my sons and daughters
Though they're not yet on the very highway
Pass along below
That's why I left my memories far behind the lazy road
Seems so simple
Future's the past
The present all the things we holdin' on to make them last
But it doesn't really maeeaahhh (matter)
Blow eeeahh (blowin in the wind)
Couuhaaahhh (with they’re head high)
[Chorus: 2x]
Hallelujah
Babylon is falling
Babylon is falling
[Interlude?]
Ahhhhh...
[4x]
Hallelujah
Strum softly, sing with spirit.
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