Avalanche - Leonard Cohen | Guitar Chords

[Intro]
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Fm

[Verse 1]
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Fm                        Db
  Well I stepped into an avalanche
Fm           Eb    Fm
  It covered up my soul;
                   Db
When I am not this hunchback that you see
Fm          Eb               Fm
  I sleep beneath the golden hill

[Chorus (1)]
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Ab               C7
  You who wish to  conquer pain
         Fm                    Db     Dbmaj7 C
You must learn, learn to serve me well

[Verse 2]
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Fm                      Db
  You strike my side by accident
Fm          Eb            Fm
  As you go down for your gold
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The cripple here that you clothe and feed
Fm           Eb          Fm
  Is neither starved nor cold;

[Chorus (2)]
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Ab                        C7
  He does not ask for your  company
           Fm                        Db   Dbmaj7 C
Not at the centre, the centre of the world

[Verse 3]
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Fm              Db      Fm
  When I am on a  pedestal
           Eb      Fm
You did not  raise me there
                 Db    Fm
Your laws do not compel  me
  Eb         Fm        Ab
To  kneel grotesque and  bare

[Chorus (3)]
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           C7
I myself am  the pedestal
             Fm                  Db   Dbmaj7 C
For this ugly  hump at which you stare

[Verse 4]
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Fm                Db
  You who wish to conquer pain
         Fm         Eb       Fm
You must learn what makes me kind;
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The crumbs of love that you offer me
            Fm          Eb     Fm
They're the crumbs I've left behind

[Chorus (4)]
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Ab                   C7
  Your pain is no credential here
              Fm                   Db   Dbmaj7 C
It's just the shadow, shadow of my wound

[Verse 5]
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Fm                Db
  I have begun to long for you
Fm Eb            Fm
  I  who have no greed
                Db
I have begun to ask for you
Fm Eb            Fm
  I  who have no need

[Chorus (5)]
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Ab                     C7
  You say you've gone away from me
      Fm                           Db Dbmaj7 C
But I can feel you when you breathe

[Verse 6]
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Fm                      Db
  Do not dress in those rags for me
Fm       Eb          Fm
  I know you are not poor
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You don't love me quite so  fiercely now
           Fm          Eb      Fm
When you know that you are not sure

[Chorus (6)]
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Ab                   C7
  It is your turn, beloved
      Fm                    Db Dbmaj7 C
It is your flesh that I wear

[Outro]
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Fm