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Leonard Cohen performs “Hallelulia“ (from the album “Various Positions“) at Le Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. From Wiki: “Hallelujah“, in its original version, is a song in triple meter which evokes the styles of both waltz and gospel music. Written in the key of C major, the chord progression follows the lyric “it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, and the major lift“: F, G, A minor, F. Cohen's original version contains several biblical references, most notably evoking the story of Samson and Delilah from the Book of Judges as well as King David: “you saw her bathing on the roof, her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you“. Since his original studio album version, live performances by Leonard Cohen almost invariably include the final song verses not performed by many others. Numerous artists mix lyrics from both versions, and occasionally make direct lyric changes such as Rufus Wainwright singing "
