Nick Cave - Avalanche
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Nick Cave - Avalanche (Leonard Cohen Cover)
Tabbed by: Chrizz2kplus1
E-mail: chrizz.bert@googlemail.com
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
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= Intro =
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Dm 2x
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= Verse I =
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Dm I stepped into an aBb1valanche
Dm It covered Cup my Dmsoul
Dm When I am not this Bb1hunchback that you see
Dm I sleep beneCath the goldeDmn hill
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= Refrain =
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F You who wish tAmo conquer pain
You mustDm learn, learn to serve me Bb2well
Am 2x
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= Verse II =
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Dm You strike my siBb1de by accident
Dm As you go Cdown for yourDm goal
Dm The cripple here that yoBb1u clothe and feed
IDms neither Cstarved Dmnor cold
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= Refrain =
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F He does not ask Amfor your company
Not at the Dmcentre, the centre of theBb2 world
Am 2x
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= Verse III =
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Dm And I am on a pBb1edestal
Dm You did not Craise meDm there
Dm Your laws do not coBb1mpel me now
Dm To kneelC grotesque andDm bare
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= Refrain =
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F I myselfAm am the pedestal
For thisDm ugly hump at which yoBb2u stare
Am 2x
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= Verse IV =
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Dm You who wish to Bb1conquer pain
Dm You must leCarn what makesDm me kind
Dm The crumbs of love that yoBb1u offer me
They're theDm crumbs I've Cleft beDmhind
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= Refrain =
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F Your pain isAm no credential here
It's just theDm shadow, shadow ofBb2 my wound
Am 2x
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= Verse V =
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Dm I have begun to Bb1long for you
Dm I who Chave noDm greed
Dm I have begun toBb1 ask for you
Dm I who Chave no Dmneed
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= Refrain =
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F You say you've goneAm away from me
But I canDm feel you, feel you wheBb2n you breathe
Am 2x
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= Verse VI =
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Dm Do not dress in thoseBb1 rags for me
Dm I know you Care notDm poor
Dm And don't love me quite sBb1o fiercely now
When youDm know that you CareDm not sure
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= Refrain =
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F It is your turn,Am my beloved one
It isDm your flesh that IBb2 wear
Am 2x
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= Outro =
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