Leonard Cohen - Avalanche

^AmWell I stepped into an ^Favalanche, ^Amit covered ^Gup my s^Amoul ^Amwhen I am not this ^Fhunchback that you see, ^AmI sleep bene^Gath the golden hi^Amll. ^CYou who wish to co^E7/Bnquer pain, Am F Fmaj7#11/E E you must learn, learn to serve me well.

^AmYou strike my side by a^Fccident ^Amas you go d^Gown for your g^Amold. ^AmThe cripple here th^Fat you clothe and feed ^Amis neither s^Gtarved nor cold ^{Am C}he does not ask fo^E7/Br your company, Am F Fmaj7#11/E E not at the centre, the centre of the world.

^AmWhen I am on a pedestal^F, ^Amyou did not^G raise me ther^Ame. ^AmYour laws do not co^Fmpel me ^Amto kneel gro^Gtesque and bare. ^{Am C}I myself am the pe^E7/Bdestal Am F Fmaj7#11/E E for this ugly hump at which you stare.

^AmYou who wish to conquer^F pain, ^Amyou must le^Garn what makes^Am me kind ^Amthe crumbs of love ^Fthat you offer me, ^Amthey're the ^Gcrumbs I've left ^Ambehind. ^CYour pain is no cr^E7/Bedential here, Am F Fmaj7#11/E E it's just the shadow, shadow of my wound.

^AmI have begun to long fo^Fr you, ^AmI who have ^Gno greed; ^{Am Am}I have begun to ask^F for you, ^AmI who have n^Go need. ^{Am C}You say you've gon^E7/Be away from me, Am F Fmaj7#11/E E but I can feel you when you breathe.

^AmDo not dress in those r^Fags for me, ^AmI know you ^Gare not poor; ^{Am Am}don't love me quite so f^Fiercely now ^Amwhen you kno^Gw that you are no^Amt sure, ^Cit is your turn, b^E7/Beloved, Am F Fmaj7#11/E E it is your flesh that I wear.