The Opposite Of Hallelujah Chords
by Jens Lekman
The Opposite Of Hallelujah by Jens Lekman is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, G, F, D, Em and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C Am G F (x4)
Violin part (intro and repeated later)
E|3---3-3-3--1--0-1-3-3-8---0-0-0---------0-0---|
B|---------------------------------3--1-3-------|
E|3---3-3-3--1--0-1-3-3-8---0-0-0---------0-----|
B|---------------------------------3--1-3---1---| x2
Verse
C G
I took my sister down to the ocean
C Am G
But the ocean made me feel stupid
F C
Those words of wisdom I had prepared
F D
All seemed to vanish into thin air
G F Em Dm
Into the waves I stared
(C Am G F)(x4) with violin part
C G
I picked up a seashell to illustrate my homelessness
C Am G
But a crab crawled out of it making it useless
F C
And all my metaphors fell flat
F D
Down on the rocks where we sat
G F Em Dm
She asked where are you at?
Chorus
C Am G
But sister, it's the opposite of hallelujah
F C
It's the opposite of being you
Am G
You don't know 'cause it just passes right through you
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
Verse
C G
We made our way home on the bikes we had borrowed
C Am G
I still never told you about unstoppable sorrow
F C
You still think I'm someone to look up to
F D
I still don't know anything about you
G F Em Dm
Is it in you too?
Pre-Chorus
C Am G F
You've got so much to live for, little
C Am G F
sister, You've got so much to live for
C Am G
But sister, it's the opposite of hallelujah
F C
It's the opposite of being you
Am G
You don't know 'cause it just passes right through you
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G F
You don't know what I'm going through
(C Am G F)