What are all the verses to the song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen?

Question

The song has been covered by a number of people including Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainright, etc., but in the recordings not all of the verses are used.

It was written by Leonard Cohen and has a total 15 verses.

Does anyone know where I can find all of them? Thanks.

I already know the verses that are typically used; that really isn't helpful.

I'm looking for ALL fifteen verses.

Answer 1

Someone was just asking about that song on Answers. I know I've seen more verses, I believe it was in Cohen's book "Stranger Music" as a poem.

The best articles I've found on the song:
http://www.webheights.net/speakingcohen/denver.htm

Wikipedia has links at the bottom of this article to both of Cohen's recorded versions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28song%29

Answer 2

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What are all the verses to the song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen?
The song has been covered by a number of people including Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainright, etc., but in the recordings not all of the verses are used.

It was written by Leonard Cohen and has a total 15 verses.

Does anyone know where I can find all of them? Thanks.

Answer 3

Hallelujah All Verses

Answer 4

Words & Music by Leonard Cohen
As performed by Allison Crowe



I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
Well, it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well, your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well, baby, I've been here before.
I've seen this room, and I've walked this floor.
I used to live alone before I knew you.
But I've seen your flag on the marble arch,
And love is not a victory march,
It's a cold and it is a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well, there was a time when you'd let me know
What's really going on below,
But now you never show that to me, do you?
But remember when I moved in you,
And the Holy Ghost was moving too,
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well, maybe there is a God above,
But all that I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you.
It's not a cry that you hear at night,
And it is not somebody who has seen the light
It's a cold and it is a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Answer 5

I know that when he originally wrote the poem, it had over 80 verses!, but then he selected only a handful for the original recording of the song. I am searching for all 80-something verses myself - I will post more info if I can come up with it!