Avalanche Chords - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Dm Bb1 C F Bb2 A

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====================================== = 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