Avalanche chords by Nick Cave

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Esus4

Verse 1
Am 
F 
I stepped into an avalanche
Am 
G 
Am 
It covered up my soul
F 
When I am not this hunchback that you see
Am 
G 
Am 
C 
I sleep beneath the golden hill
E 
You who wish to conquer pain
Am 
You must learn to serve me
F 
well
Esus4 
E 

Verse 2
Am 
F 
You strike my side by accident
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G 
Am 
As you go down to your goal
F 
This cripple here that you clothe and feed
Am 
G 
Am 
C 
Is neither starved nor cold
E 
He does not ask for your company
Am 
Not at the centre,
F 
the centre of the world

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Verse 3

Esus4

I who am on a pedestal

You did not raise me there

Your laws do not compel me now

To kneel grotesque and bare

For I myself am the pedestal

For this ugly hump at which

you stare

Esus4

Verse 4
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F 
You who wish to conquer pain
Am 
G 
You must learn what makes
Am 
me  kind
F 
The crumbs of love that you
offer me
Am 
G 
Am 
C 
Are the crumbs I've left behind
E 
Your pain is no credential here
Am 
It's just a shadow of my
F 
wound
Esus4 
E 

Verse 5
Am 
F 
Am 
I have begun to ask for you
G 
Am 
I who have no greed
F 
Am 
I have begun to long for you
G 
Am 
C 
I who have no need
E 
You say you've gone away from me
Am 
F 
But I can feel you when you
breathe
Esus4 
E 

Verse 6
Am 
F 
Do not dress in those rags for me
Am 
G 
Am 
I know you are not poor
And do not love me quite
F 
so fiercely now
Am 
G 
Am 
C 
When you know that you are not sure
E 
It is your turn, my beloved one
Am 
F 
It is your flesh that I wear