Leonard Cohen — Tom G
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[Em]
[Verse 1]
[Em] [C/G] [Em]
I stepped into an avalanche,
[D/F#] [Em]
it covered up my soul;
[C/G]
When I am not this hunchback that you see,
[Em] [D/F#] [Em]
I sleep beneath a golden hill.
[G] [B7]
You who wish to conquer pain,
[Em] [C/G] [B7/F#]
you must learn, learn to serve me well.
[Verse 2]
[Em] [C/G] [Em]
You strike my side by accident
[D/F#] [Em]
As you go down for your gold.
[C/G]
The cripple here that you clothe and feed
[Em] [D/F#] [Em]
Is neither starved nor cold;
[G] [B7]
He does not ask for your company,
[Em] [C/G] [B7/F#]
Not at the centre, the centre of the world.
[Verse 3]
[Em] [C/G] [Em]
When I am on a pedestal,
[D/F#] [Em]
You did not raise me there.
[C/G]
Your laws do not compel me
[Em] [D/F#] [Em]
To kneel grotesque and bare.
[G] [B7]
I myself am the pedestal
[Em] [C/G] [B7/F#]
For this ugly hump at which you stare.
[Verse 4]
[Em] [C/G] [Em]
You who wish to conquer pain,
[D/F#] [Em]
You must learn what makes me kind;
[C/G]
The crumbs of love that you offer me,
[Em] [D/F#] [Em]
They’re the crumbs I’ve left behind.
[G] [B7]
Your pain is no credential here,
[Em] [C/G] [B7/F#]
It’s just the shadow, shadow of my wound.
[Verse 5]
[Em] [C/G] [Em]
I have begun to long for you,
[D/F#] [Em]
I who have no greed;
[C/G]
I have begun to ask for you,
[Em] [D/F#] [Em]
I who have no need.
[G] [B7]
You say you’ve gone away from me,
[Em] [C/G] [B7/F#]
But I can feel you when you breathe.
[Verse 6]
[Em] [C/G] [Em]
Do not dress in those rags for me,
[D/F#] [Em]
I know you are not poor;
[C/G]
And don’t love me quite so fiercely now
[Em] [D/F#] [Em]
When you know that you are not sure,
[G] [B7]
It is your turn, beloved,
[Em] [C/G] [B7/F#]
And it is your flesh that I wear.