Guitar Tab for Avalanche by Leonard Cohen
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Avalanche - Leonard Cohen
Found on:
Perfect Day(2015-10-09)
From the Shadows(2014-01-11)
The Complete Columbia Albums Collection(2011-10-11)
The Complete Studio Albums Collection(2011-10-10)
Songs From the Road(2010-09-17)
Songs of Leonard Cohen / Songs of Love and Hate(2003)
Original Seeds: Songs That Inspired Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Volume 1(1998-06-01)
Blossoms of Heaven, Ashes of Hell(1998)
Songs of Love and Hate(1994-05)
Above the Soul(1993)
1993-05-21: First We Take Manhatten: Kongresshaus, Zürich, Switzerland(1993)
Hifi Visionen: Oldie-CD 15(1989)
Highlights(1982)
Golden Hits
The Best Albums
No Cure for Love
1988-04-05: Rheingoldhalle, Mainz, Germany
2008-06-23: Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier Place des Arts, Montreal, QC, Canada
2008-06-25: Place Des Arts Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Montreal, QC, Canada
The End of Love
1985-03-09: Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, München, Germany
1976-06-23: Strasbourg, France
Live at Montreux 07-09-1985
Songs of Leonard Cohen
1985-07-06: Arkadenhof Vienna, Austria
Am F
Well I stepped into an avalanche,
Am G Am
it covered up my soul
Am F
when I am not this hunchback that you see,
Am G Am
I sleep beneath the golden hill.
C E7/B
You who wish to conquer pain,
Am F Fmaj7#11/E E
you must learn, learn to serve me well.
Am F
You strike my side by accident
Am G Am
as you go down for your gold.
Am F
The cripple here that you clothe and feed
Am G Am
is neither starved nor cold
C E7/B
he does not ask for your company,
Am F Fmaj7#11/E E
not at the centre, the centre of the world.
Am F
When I am on a pedestal,
Am G Am
you did not raise me there.
Am F
Your laws do not compel me
Am G Am
to kneel grotesque and bare.
C E7/B
I myself am the pedestal
Am F Fmaj7#11/E E
for this ugly hump at which you stare.
Am F
You who wish to conquer pain,
Am G Am
you must learn what makes me kind
Am F
the crumbs of love that you offer me,
Am G Am
they're the crumbs I've left behind.
C E7/B
Your pain is no credential here,
Am F Fmaj7#11/E E
it's just the shadow, shadow of my wound.
Am F
I have begun to long for you,
Am G Am
I who have no greed;
Am F
I have begun to ask for you,
Am G Am
I who have no need.
C E7/B
You say you've gone away from me,
Am F Fmaj7#11/E E
but I can feel you when you breathe.
Am F
Do not dress in those rags for me,
Am G Am
I know you are not poor;
Am F
don't love me quite so fiercely now
Am G Am
when you know that you are not sure,
C E7/B
it is your turn, beloved,
Am F Fmaj7#11/E E
it is your flesh that I wear.
Tuning Map
- Fret
- S6
- S5
- S4
- S3
- S2
- S1
- -13
- D#
- G#
- C#
- F#
- A#
- D#
- -12
- E
- A
- D
- G
- B
- E
- -11
- F
- A#
- D#
- G#
- C
- F
- -10
- F#
- B
- E
- A
- C#
- F#
- -9
- G
- C
- F
- A#
- D
- G
- -8
- G#
- C#
- F#
- B
- D#
- G#
- -7
- A
- D
- G
- C
- E
- A
- -6
- A#
- D#
- G#
- C#
- F
- A#
- -5
- B
- E
- A
- D
- F#
- B
- -4
- C
- F
- A#
- D#
- G
- C
- -3
- C#
- F#
- B
- E
- G#
- C#
- -2
- D
- G
- C
- F
- A
- D
- -1
- D#
- G#
- C#
- F#
- A#
- D#
- 0
- E
- A
- D
- G
- B
- E
- 1
- F
- A#
- D#
- G#
- C
- F
- 2
- F#
- B
- E
- A
- C#
- F#
- 3
- G
- C
- F
- A#
- D
- G
- 4
- G#
- C#
- F#
- B
- D#
- G#
- 5
- A
- D
- G
- C
- E
- A
- 6
- A#
- D#
- G#
- C#
- F
- A#
- 7
- B
- E
- A
- D
- F#
- B
- -4
- -4
- -4
- -4
- -4
- -4
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