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Key : Fm
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[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
                             Db
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;
                              Db
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
                          Db
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
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