Chords for Leonard Cohen - Avalanche

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_ _ _ _ I stepped into an [Eb] _ avalanche, _ [G] _ _
[Dm] covered up my soul.
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_ _ _ I am not [Eb] this _ hunchback you see.
[G] _ _ [F] Asleep beneath the [Gm] golden hill.
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You who [D] wish to conquer pain,
[G] You must learn, learn [Eb] to serve me well.
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_ _ [G] You strike [D] my side [Eb] by accident,
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] As [F] you go down for [D] your gold.
[Gm] _ _ _ The [D] cripple here that you [Eb] clothe and [C] feed
_ [G] Is neither [F] _ starved [D] nor cold.
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] He does not ask for [D] your company,
No, not at [Gm] the center, the center of [Eb] the world. _ _ _
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When I am on [Eb] this pedestal, _ _
[Gm] _ _ You [F] do not love me there.
_ _ _ _ Your laws [Eb] do not compel
_ [Gm] To _ _ kneel grotesque and bare. _
[Bb] _ _ I myself [D] am this pedestal
_ For the ugly [Gm] hum at which [Eb] you stare, stare. _ _
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[Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
You who wish to [Eb] conquer pain,
[D] You [G] must learn [F] what makes [Gm] me kind.
_ _ _ The crumbs of love [Eb] you offer me,
_ [Gm] They're the crumbs [F] I left _ [Gm] behind. _ _
[G] _ [Bb] _ Your cross [D] is no credential here,
It's just [Gm] a shadow, the shadow of [Eb] my womb. _ _ _ _ _
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[Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ I have [D] begun [Eb] to long for you,
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I [F] who have [G] no grief.
[Gm] _ _ _
_ I have begun to [Eb] wait for you,
_ [Gm] _ I'm [F] waiting on [G] the knee.
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You say you've [D] gone away from me,
But I [G] can feel you, feel you [Eb] when you breathe.
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_ _ [G] _ Do not dress in [Eb] those rags for me,
_ _ [Gm] I [F] know you're [Gm] not poor. _ _ _ _
Don't love me quite [Eb] so fiercely now
When you know _ [F] you're [Gm] not sure.
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This is your [D] world, beloved,
_ It [Gm] is your _ flesh that [Eb] I wear. _
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[Bb] _ This is your [D] world, beloved,
_ It [Gm] is your _ flesh that [Eb] I wear. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ This is your world, [D] beloved,
_ It [Gm] is your flesh that [Eb] I wear. _ _ _
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