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Avalanche chords by
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen

1971Folk
5.0 (1)
Intro 1
Em
Em
Em
Em

Em
Em
Em
Em

Em
Em
Em
Em

Em
Em

Verse 1
Em
C

I stepped into an avalanche
Em
D
Em

It covered up my soul
Em

When I am not
C

this hunchback that you see
Em
D
Em

I sleep beneath the golden hill
G
F#dim

You who wish to conquer pain
Em
C

You must learn, learn to serve me well
C
Am
Am
B

Verse 2
Em
C

You strike my side by ac cident
Em
D
Em

As you go down for your gold
Em
C

The cripple here that you clothe and feed
Em
D
Em

Is neither starved nor cold
G
F#dim

He does not ask for your company
Em
C

Not at the centre, the centre of the world
C
Am
Am
B
B

Verse 3
Em
C

When I am on a pedestal
Em
D
Em

You did not raise me there
Em
C

Your laws do not compel me
Em
D
Em

To kneel grotesque and bare
G
F#dim

I myself am the pedestal
Em
C

For this ugly hump at which you stare
C
Am
Am
Am
B

Verse 4
Em
C

You who wish to conquer pain
Em
D
Em

You must learn what makes me kind
Em
C

The crumbs of love that you of fer me
Em
D
Em

They're the crumbs I've left behind
G
F#dim

Your pain is no credential here
Em
C

It's just the shadow, shadow of my wound
C
Am
B

Verse 5
Em
C

I have begun to long for you
Em
D
Em

I who have no greed
Em
C

I have begun to ask for you
Em
D
Em

I who have no need
G
F#dim

You say you've gone a way from me
Em
C

But I can feel you when you breathe
C
Am
Am
B

Verse 6
Em
C

Do not dress in those rags for me
Em
D
Em

I know you are not poor
Em
C

And don't love me quite so fiercely now
Em
D
Em

When you know that you are not sure
G
F#dim

It is your turn, be loved
Em
C

It is your flesh that I wear
C
Am
Am
B
Em
Em

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Chords
  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • G

  • F#dim

    4
  • Am

  • B

    2

Capo: 1

Transpose: 0

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