Messiah - Hallelujah Chords & Tabs

by George Frideric Handel

[Content]
Messiah HWV 56 pt. 2 "Hallelujah"
George Frideric Handel
Sir Neville Marriner
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus
1976

[Intro]
D   G D
A7  D
A7 D A D

[Chorus]
D     G D 
Hallelujah
D     G D 
Hallelujah
     G D         G D 
Hallelujah Hallelujah
    A7  D 
Hallelujah
A     D  A
Hallelujah
A     D  A
Hallelujah
      D  A        D A
Hallelujah Hallelujah
     D A E7 A
Halle - lujah
[Verse 1] (men and women)
A           
For the lord
D             
God omnipotent
Bm   A  
reigneth
     D   A        D   A
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
     D   A       D    A
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
[Verse 2] (men)
D           
For the lord
G             
God omnipotent
E7  D   
reigneth
     G D         G D 
Hallelujah Hallelujah
     G D         G D 
Hallelujah Hallelujah
[Verse 3] (women)
D           
For the lord
G             
God omnipotent
E7  D   
reigneth
[Verse 4] (both sung in a round)
A                                                       
For the lord (Hallelujah Hallelujah, In the name of God)
D                                                        
God omnipotent (Hallelujah Hallelujah, Halle - lu - jah )
Bm    A                    
reigneth (Halle - lu - jah)
      A                         A                  
Hallelujah! (Hallelujah!) Hallelujah! (Hallelujah!)

[Link]
D           
For the Lord
G             
God omnipotent
E7  D    
reigneth)
       G  D  D
Halle-lu-jah!
[Bridge] (slow)
D   A   G   D  A7  
The kingdom of this
 D/F#A
world
  G  D A7 D
Is be-come
 D  A   G   D  A7  D   
THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD
A7   D  G  A     
And of His Christ
D   G  Em6  D    
And of His Christ
[Verse 5] (men)
    D        Bm   
And He shall reign
   G        D/F#
forever and ever
    D        Bm   
And He shall reign
   G        D/F#
forever and ever
    D        Bm   
And He shall reign
   G        D/F#
forever and ever
[Verse 6] (women)
    D        Bm   
And He shall reign
   G        D/F#
forever and ever

[Refrain]
A            
King of kings
A  D        A  D   
(forever and ever!)
     A  D        A  D    
(Hallelujah! Hallelujah!)
    A            
And Lord of Lords
A  D        A  D   
(forever and ever!)
     A  D        A  D    
(Hallelujah! Hallelujah!)

[Refrain 2]
D            
King of kings
D   G  D       G D    
(for-e-ver and e-ver!)
      G  D         G  D    
(Hallelu-jah! Hallelu-jah!)
    E            
And Lord of Lords
E    A E       A E    
(for-e-ver and e-ver!)
      A  E         A  E    
(Hallelu-jah! Hallelu-jah!)

[Refrain 3]
F#           
King of kings
F#  Bm F#     Bm F#   
(for-e-ver and e-ver!)
      Bm F#        Bm F#   
(Hallelu-jah! Hallelu-jah!)
    Bm           
And Lord of Lords
Bm      A    
king of kings
    D       A    
and lord of lords
[Verse 5] (men)
    D        Bm   
And He shall reign
   G        D/F#
forever and ever
    D        Bm   
And He shall reign
   G        D/F#
forever and ever
    D        Bm   
And He shall reign
   G        D/F#
forever and ever

[Outro]
D            
King of kings
     D             
(forever and ever!)
     D           
And Lord of Lords
    D        Bm   
And He shall reign
   G        D/F#
forever and ever
D            
King of kings
    D            
and lord of lords
D            
King of kings
    D            
and lord of lords
D            
He shall live
   A           D 
forever and ever!

[Outro 2]
    D            
forever and ever!
    D            
forever and ever!
    D                  
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
    D                  
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
N.C.  D
Hall--e--lu--jah!