Avalanche Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
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Author korelys [a] 51.

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Avalanche
(Leonard Cohen)
 
From the album : Songs Of Love And Hate (1971)
Transcribed by korelys
 
Tuning (lowest string first) : CFA#D#GC
You can use standard EADGBE tuning (song will start in A m)
 
 
Fm
[Intro]
---------------------------(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)|   middle
----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-|   middle
--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---|   index
------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|   thumb
0-----------------------0-----------------------|   thumb
------------0-----------------------0-----------|   thumb
 
 
Fm
well I stepped into an
-----------------------------------------------|
----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----0|
--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0--|
------2-----------2-----------2-----------0----|
0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------|
-----------(0)---------------------(0)---------|
 
 
C#
avalanche
-----------------------------------------------|
----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----0|
--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0--|
------3-----------3-----------3-----------0----|
------------3-----------3-----------3----------|
1----------------------(1)---------------------|
 
 
Fm                     D#
it covered              up my
-----------------------------------------------|
----1-----1-----1-----1-----0-----0-----0-----0|
--2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
------2-----------2-----------0-----------0----|
0-----------0----------------------(2)---------|
------------------------3-----------3----------|
 
 
Fm
soul
-----------------------------------------------|
----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1|
--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----|
0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------|
-----------(0)---------------------(0)---------|
 
 
G#
you who wish to
-----------------------------------------------|
----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1|
--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----|
3-----------3-----------3-----------3----------|
-----------(3)---------------------------------|
 
 
C7
conquer pain, you must
-----------------------------------------------|
----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0|
--1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
------0-----------0-----------0-----------0----|
2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------|
-----------(0)---------------------------------|
 
 
Fm
learn, learn to serve me
-----------------------------------------------|
----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1|
--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----|
0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------|
-----------(0)---------------------------------|
 
 
C#
well
-----------------------------------------------|
----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1|
--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
------3-----------3-----------3-----------3----|
------------3-----------3-----------3----------|
1----------------------(1)---------------------|
 
 
C#maj7b5
---------------------------(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)|
----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---|
------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----|
-----------(2)---------------------(2)----------|
0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|
 
 
C
----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|   middle finger brushes
----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|      both strings
--1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1---|
------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|
-----------(2)---------------------(2)----------|
0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|
 
 
 
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| (n)  Ghost note
 
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Avalanche – Leonard Cohen

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Man, this song is going to take a LOT of practice...

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That's it EXACTLY !! Try nylon strings. Start slowly then speed up 'til it sounds like a bumble-bee.

NOTE: I am discussing the chord names based on the shapes used in standard tuning, not tuned down 2 whole steps, as they're titled in the tab (when I say "E" I mean C in this tuning). I'm describing the fingering-- not the names of chords you will be playing if you tune down. If the chord names confuse you, just look at the tab below. Perfect, except I think that on the second to last line, the C#maj7b5, it sounds much better with an F as the bass note instead of an open E (so that the next line resolves with the E). And, if you change the optional note (2nd fret, 5th string) to match (3rd fret), you end up with a simple E-barre F (as earlier in the song), except with the second string left open (I'm not sure how to name an F with the second string left open so I'm leaving the name of the chord you used). It's simpler and sounds right. Then, that F (C#) resolves in the next line to an E (C). So like this: C# maj7b5 (rename) - - - - - - - - - - - - - -(0)- -(0)- -(0)- -(0) - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - - - 3 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - -(3)- - - - - - - - - - -(3)- - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - -(2)- - - - - - - - - - -(2)- - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - -