Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Avalanche (Guitar)

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                             Nick Cave - Avalanche (Leonard Cohen Cover)
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Tabbed by: Chrizz2kplus1
E-mail: [email protected]

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:

     Dm     Bb1      C       F     Bb2       A       
e|-------|---1---|-------|-------|-------|-------|
b|---6---|---3---|---5---|-------|-------|-------|
g|---7---|---3---|---5---|---2---|---7---|---6---|
D|---7---|-------|---5---|---3---|---8---|---7---|
A|---5---|---1---|---3---|---3---|---8---|---7---|
E|-------|-------|-------|---1---|---6---|---5---|

====================================== = Intro = ====================================== Dm 2x ====================================== = Verse I = ====================================== 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

====================================== = Refrain = ======================================

F                     A
        You who wish to conquer pain

        Dm                        Bb2  
You must learn, learn to serve me well

A 2x ====================================== = Verse II = ====================================== 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

====================================== = Refrain = ======================================

F                     A
      He does not ask for your company

              Dm                       Bb2   
   Not at the centre, the centre of the world

A 2x ====================================== = Verse III = ====================================== 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

====================================== = Refrain = ======================================

F            A
     I myself am the pedestal

           Dm                    Bb2   
   For this ugly hump at which you stare

A 2x ====================================== = Verse IV = ====================================== 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

====================================== = Refrain = ======================================

F                A
     Your pain is no credential here

               Dm                Bb2   
  It's just the shadow, shadow of my wound

A 2x ====================================== = Verse V = ====================================== 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

====================================== = Refrain = ======================================

F                       A
     You say you've gone away from me

           Dm                     Bb2   
  But I can feel you, feel you when you breathe

A 2x ====================================== = Verse VI = ====================================== 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

====================================== = Refrain = ======================================

F                   A
    It is your turn, my beloved one

        Dm                Bb2   
   It is your flesh that I wear

A 2x ====================================== = Outro = ====================================== Dm

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