Avalanche Leonard Cohen
Fmaj7#11/E: 023200
E7/B: x20100
[Am]Well I stepped into an [F]avalanche,
[Am]it covered [G]up my s[Am]oul
[Am]when I am not this [F]hunchback that you see,
[Am]I sleep bene[G]ath the golden hi[Am]ll.
[C]You who wish to co[E7/B]nquer pain,
you must l[Am]earn, learn to serve [F]me well.[Fmaj7#11/E] [E]
[Am]You strike my side by a[F]ccident
[Am]as you go d[G]own for your g[Am]old.
[Am]The cripple here th[F]at you clothe and feed
[Am]is neither s[G]tarved nor cold[Am]
[C]he does not ask fo[E7/B]r your company,
not at the[Am] centre, the centre o[F]f the wor[Fmaj7#11/E]ld.[E]
[Am]When I am on a pedestal[F],
[Am]you did not[G] raise me ther[Am]e.
[Am]Your laws do not co[F]mpel me
[Am]to kneel gro[G]tesque and bare.[Am]
[C]I myself am the pe[E7/B]destal
for this u[Am]gly hump at which you[F] stare.[Fmaj7#11/E] [E]
[Am]You who wish to conquer[F] pain,
[Am]you must le[G]arn what makes[Am] me kind
[Am]the crumbs of love [F]that you offer me,
[Am]they're the [G]crumbs I've left [Am]behind.
[C]Your pain is no cr[E7/B]edential here,
it's just [Am]the shadow, shadow of[F] my wound[Fmaj7#11/E].[E]
[Am]I have begun to long fo[F]r you,
[Am]I who have [G]no greed;[Am]
[Am]I have begun to ask[F] for you,
[Am]I who have n[G]o need.[Am]
[C]You say you've gon[E7/B]e away from me,
but I can [Am]feel you when you bre[F]athe.[Fmaj7#11/E] [E]
[Am]Do not dress in those r[F]ags for me,
[Am]I know you [G]are not poor;[Am]
[Am]don't love me quite so f[F]iercely now
[Am]when you kno[G]w that you are no[Am]t sure,
[C]it is your turn, b[E7/B]eloved,
it is your[Am] flesh that I wea[F]r. [Fmaj7#11/E] [E]
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