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Nick Cave - Avalanche (Leonard Cohen Cover)
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Tabbed by: Chrizz2kplus1
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard
Great cover of the Leonard Cohen-Song 'Avalanche' by Nick Cave.
Heard it on the 'Black Sails'-trailer for season 2.
Check it out on youtube, if you want:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_iveMTyxH4
Dm Bb1 C F Bb2 Am
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b|---6---|---3---|---5---|-------|-------|-------|
g|---7---|---3---|---5---|---2---|---7---|---6---|
D|---7---|-------|---5---|---3---|---8---|---7---|
A|---5---|---1---|---3---|---3---|---8---|---7---|
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= Intro =
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Dm 2x
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= Verse I =
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Dm Bb1
I stepped into an avalanche
Dm C Dm
It covered up my soul
Dm Bb1
When I am not this hunchback that you see
Dm C Dm
I sleep beneath the golden hill
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= Refrain =
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F Am
You who wish to conquer pain
Dm Bb2
You must learn, learn to serve me well
Am 2x
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= Verse II =
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Dm Bb1
You strike my side by accident
Dm C Dm
As you go down for your goal
Dm Bb1
The cripple here that you clothe and feed
Dm C Dm
Is neither starved nor cold
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= Refrain =
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F Am
He does not ask for your company
Dm Bb2
Not at the centre, the centre of the world
Am 2x
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= Verse III =
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Dm Bb1
And I am on a pedestal
Dm C Dm
You did not raise me there
Dm Bb1
Your laws do not compel me now
Dm C Dm
To kneel grotesque and bare
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= Refrain =
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F Am
I myself am the pedestal
Dm Bb2
For this ugly hump at which you stare
Am 2x
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= Verse IV =
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Dm Bb1
You who wish to conquer pain
Dm C Dm
You must learn what makes me kind
Dm Bb1
The crumbs of love that you offer me
Dm C Dm
They're the crumbs I've left behind
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= Refrain =
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F Am
Your pain is no credential here
Dm Bb2
It's just the shadow, shadow of my wound
Am 2x
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= Verse V =
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Dm Bb1
I have begun to long for you
Dm C Dm
I who have no greed
Dm Bb1
I have begun to ask for you
Dm C Dm
I who have no need
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= Refrain =
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F Am
You say you've gone away from me
Dm Bb2
But I can feel you, feel you when you breathe
Am 2x
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= Verse VI =
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Dm Bb1
Do not dress in those rags for me
Dm C Dm
I know you are not poor
Dm Bb1
And don't love me quite so fiercely now
Dm C Dm
When you know that you are not sure
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= Refrain =
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F Am
It is your turn, my beloved one
Dm Bb2
It is your flesh that I wear
Am 2x
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= Outro =
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Dm
