{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":660773,"song":"Avalanche","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/660773-avalanche-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/660773?type=chord","rating":4.75089,"votes":100,"content":"Album: Songs of Love and Hate (1971)\r\n\r\nCapo 1\r\nAdvice: when passing from C/G to Em, play the open A string.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI stepped into an avalanche,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nit covered up my soul;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWhen I am not this hunchback that you see,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI sleep beneath a golden hill.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nYou who wish to conquer pain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]B7/F#[/ch]\r\nyou must learn, learn to serve me well.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou strike my side by accident[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs you go down for your gold.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThe cripple here that you clothe and feed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIs neither starved nor cold;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nHe does not ask for your company,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]B7/F#[/ch]\r\nNot at the centre, the centre of the world.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen I am on a pedestal,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou did not raise me there.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nYour laws do not compel me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo kneel grotesque and bare.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI myself am the pedestal[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]B7/F#[/ch]\r\nFor this ugly hump at which you stare.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou who wish to conquer pain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou must learn what makes me kind;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThe crumbs of love that you offer me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey’re the crumbs I’ve left behind.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nYour pain is no credential here,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]B7/F#[/ch]\r\nIt’s just the shadow, shadow of my wound.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI have begun to long for you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI who have no greed;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI have begun to ask for you,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI who have no need.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nYou say you’ve gone away from me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]B7/F#[/ch]\r\nBut I can feel you when you breathe.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDo not dress in those rags for me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI know you are not poor;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAnd don’t love me quite so fiercely now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen you know that you are not sure,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIt is your turn, beloved,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]B7/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd it is your flesh that I wear.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]","plain_text":"Album: Songs of Love and Hate (1971)\n\nCapo 1\nAdvice: when passing from C/G to Em, play the open A string.\n\n[Intro]\nEm\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nEm","chords":["C/G","Em","A","D/F#","G","B7","B7/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}