Avalanche
Avalanche

Avalanche chords by Leonard Cohen

1971•Folk
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • G

  • F#dim

    4

  • Am

  • B

    2

  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • G

  • F#dim

    4

  • Am

  • B

    2
    • Intro 1




    Verse 1
    I 
    stepped 
    into 
    an 
    avalanche 

    It 
    covered 
    up 
    my 
    soul 

    When 
    I 
    am 
    not 

    this 
    hunchback 
    that 
    you 
    see 

    I 
    sleep 
    be
    neath 
    the 
    golden 
    hill 

    You 
    who 
    wish 
    to 
    conquer 
    pain 

    You 
    must 
    learn, 
    learn 
    to 
    serve 
    me 
    well 


    Verse 2
    You 
    strike 
    my 
    side 
    by 
    ac
    cident 

    As 
    you 
    go 
    down 
    for 
    your 
    gold 

    The 
    cripple 
    here 
    that 
    you 
    clothe 
    and 
    feed 

    Is 
    neither 
    starved 
    nor 
    cold 

    He 
    does 
    not 
    ask 
    for 
    your 
    company 

    Not 
    at 
    the 
    centre, 
    the 
    centre 
    of 
    the 
    world 


    Verse 3
    When 
    I 
    am 
    on 
    a 
    pedestal 

    You 
    did 
    not 
    raise 
    me 
    there 

    Your 
    laws 
    do 
    not 
    com
    pel 
    me 

    To 
    kneel 
    grotesque 
    and 
    bare 

    I 
    myself 
    am 
    the 
    pedestal 

    For 
    this 
    ugly 
    hump 
    at 
    which 
    you 
    stare 


    Verse 4
    You 
    who 
    wish 
    to 
    con
    quer 
    pain 

    You 
    must 
    learn 
    what 
    makes 
    me 
    kind 

    The 
    crumbs 
    of 
    love 
    that 
    you 
    of
    fer 
    me 

    They're 
    the 
    crumbs 
    I've 
    left 
    be
    hind 

    Your 
    pain 
    is 
    no 
    cre
    dential 
    here 

    It's 
    just 
    the 
    shadow, 
    shadow 
    of 
    my 
    wound 


    Verse 5
    I 
    have 
    begun 
    to 
    long 
    for 
    you 

    I 
    who 
    have 
    no 
    greed 

    I 
    have 
    begun 
    to 
    ask 
    for 
    you 

    I 
    who 
    have 
    no 
    need 

    You 
    say 
    you've 
    gone 
    a
    way 
    from 
    me 

    But 
    I 
    can 
    feel 
    you 
    when 
    you 
    breathe 


    Verse 6
    Do 
    not 
    dress 
    in 
    those 
    rags 
    for 
    me 

    I 
    know 
    you 
    are 
    not 
    poor 

    And 
    don't 
    love 
    me 
    quite 
    so 
    fiercely 
    now 

    When 
    you 
    know 
    that 
    you 
    are 
    not 
    sure 

    It 
    is 
    your 
    turn, 
    be
    loved 

    It 
    is 
    your 
    flesh 
    that 
    I 
    wear 

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