#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Avalanche Original Album: Songs Of Love And Hate Words and Music by Leonard Cohen Copyright © 1967 Stranger Music Inc. Published by Sony Music Publishing Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net) NOTES: Capo on 1. Chords and tab are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4. INTRO: [play INTRO Figure] [x3] INTRO Figure Em |---0-------0-------0-------0-----|---0-------0-------0-------0-----| |-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---| |-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------| |-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | VERSE1: Chords: Em 022000 B7/F# 22120x C/G 332010 F#m7b5/B x22212 D xx0232 C x32010 Em C/G |---0-------0-------0-------0-----|---0-------0-------0-------0-----| |-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------1-------1---| |-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------2---------------2-------|---------3---------------3-------| |-0---------------0---------------|-3---------------3---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | Em C/G I stepped in - to an av - a-lanche, Em D Em |---0-------0-------2-------2-----|---0-------0-------0-------0-----| |-----0-------0-------3-------3---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---| |-------0-------0-------2-------2-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-| |-----------------0-------0-------|---------------------------------| |---------2-----------------------|---------2---------------2-------| |-0-------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | | Em D Em it cov-ered up my soul Em C/G |---0-------0-------0-------0-----|---0-------0-------0-------0-----| |-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------1-------1---| |-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------2---------------2-------|---------3---------------3-------| |-0---------------0---------------|-3---------------3---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | | Em C/G When I am not this hunchback that you see, Em D Em |---0-------0-------2-------2-----|---0-------0-------0-------0-----| |-----0-------0-------3-------3---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---| |-------0-------0-------2-------2-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-| |-----------------0-------0-------|---------------------------------| |---------2-----------------------|---------2---------------2-------| |-0-------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | Em D I sleep be-neath the golden hill G B7/F# |---3-------3-------3-------3-----|---------------------------------| |-----0-------0-------0-------0---|---0-------0-------0-------0-----| |-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-----2-------2-------2-------2---| |---------------------------------|-------1-------1-------1-------1-| |---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------| |-3---------------3---------------|-2---------------2---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | | G You who wish to con - quer pain you must Em C/G |---0-------0-------0-------0-----|---0-------0-------0-------0-----| |-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------1-------1---| |-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------2---------------2-------|---------3---------------3-------| |-0---------------0---------------|-3---------------3---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | Em C/G learn, learn to serve me well_____________________ F#m7b5/B |-2-------2-------2-------2-------|-2-------2-------2-------2-------| |---1-------1-------1-------1-----|---1-------1-------1-------1-----| |-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---| |-------2-------2-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-------2-------2-| |-2---------------2---------------|-2---------------2---------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | C/G |---0-------0-------0-------0-----| |-----1-------1-------1-------1---| |-------0-------0-------0-------0-| |---------------------------------| |---------3---------------3-------| |-3---------------3---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | VERSE2: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. Chords: Em 022000 B7/F# 22120x C/G 332010 F#m7b5/B x22212 D xx0232 C x32010 | Em | C/G | Em D | Em You strike my side by accident as you go down for gold. | Em | C/G The cripple here that you clothe and feed | Em D | Em Is neither starved nor cold; | G | B7/F# He does not ask for your company, | Em | C/G | F#m7b5/B | % | C Not at the centre, the centre of the world. VERSE3: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. Chords: Em 022000 B7/F# 22120x C/G 332010 F#m7b5/B x22212 D xx0232 C x32010 | Em | C/G | Em D | Em When I am on a pedestal, you did not raise me there. | Em | C/G | Em D | Em Your laws do not compel me to kneel grotesque and bare. | G | B7/F# I myself am the pedestal for this | Em | C/G | F#m7b5/B | % | C ugly hump at which you stare. VERSE4: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. Chords: Em 022000 B7/F# 22120x C/G 332010 F#m7b5/B x22212 D xx0232 C x32010 | Em | C/G | Em | D Em You who wish to conquer pain, you must learn what makes me kind; | Em | C/G The crumbs of love that you offer me, | Em D | Em They're the crumbs I've left behind. | G | B7/F# Your pain is no credential here, | Em | C/G | F#m7b5/B | % | C It's just the shadow, shadow of my wound. VERSE5: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. Chords: Em 022000 B7/F# 22120x C/G 332010 F#m7b5/B x22212 D xx0232 C x32010 | Em | C/G | Em D | Em I have begun to long for you, I who have no greed; | Em | C/G | Em D | Em I have begun to ask for you, I who have no need. | G | B7/F# You say you've gone away from me, | Em | C/G | F#m7b5/C | % | C But I can feel you when you breathe. VERSE6: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. Chords: Em 022000 B7/F# 22120x C/G 332010 F#m7b5/B x22212 D xx0232 C x32010 | Em | C/G | Em D | Em Do not dress in those rags for me, I know you are not poor; | Em | C/G You don't love me quite so fiercely now | Em | D | Em When you know that you are not sure, | G | B7/F# | Em | C/G | B7 It is your turn, beloved, it is your flesh that I wear. OUTRO: Chords: C/G 332010 Em 022000 Emadd9 024000 [play: 4/4| C/G | Em |] [end on Emadd9]