The Pilgrim Chapter 33

Kris Kristofferson

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From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir)

PILGRIM CHAPTER 33 (Kris Kristofferson)

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comp. K. Kristofferson, 1971 ("transcr./arr." tcg)

4/4 // Keys of G, A // Moderately

rhythm guitar: alternate bass (see Intro; ^ = downstrum; v = "upstrum")

INTRO: G ^ v G6 ^ v

       e||-----3--3---------3--3----||
       B||-----0--0---------0--0----||
       G||o----0--0---------0--0---o||
       D||o----0--0---0h2---2--0---o||
       A||--------------------------||
       E||--3-----------------------||

INTRO Recitation (over riff above):

"I started out writin' this song about . . . [insert own music gods!]"

Notes: * each chord name below = one entire "bum-chicky-bum-chicky";

* (...sus4) = add sus4 to 2nd half of measure)

VERSE 1: (add sus4 to 2nd half of G measures at will)

See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,

Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile--

Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams,

A7 A7 D (...sus4) D

Which he spent like they was goin' outa style--

And he keeps right on a'changin' for the better or the worse,

Searchin' for a shrine he's never found--

Never knowin' if believin' is a blessin' or a curse,

Or if the goin' up was worth the comin' down--

CHORUS:

He's a poet, he's a picker--

He's a prophet, he's a pusher--

He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned--

He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,

Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.

(modulate whole-step up) A (...sus4) A (...sus4)

VERSE 2: (add sus4 to 2nd half of A measures at will)

He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars,

And he's traded in tomorrow for today--

Runnin' from his devils, Lord, and reachin' for the stars,

And losin' all he's loved along the way--

But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse,

And all he ever gets is older and around--

From the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse,

D (or Bm) E A A

The goin' up was worth the comin' down--

CHORUS

He's a poet, he's a picker--

He's a prophet, he's a pusher--

He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned--

He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,

E E E A A / G# F#

Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.

E E E A (coda riff)

There's a lotta wrong directions on that lonely way back home.

CODA Riff: AM6

1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 (hold)

e|----------------------------------|---------------------/2-----------||
B|----------------------------------|---------------------/2-----------||
G|----------------------------------|-----2---------------/2-----------||
D|-------------------2---4---2------|---------------------/2-----------||
A|--0----2---3---4------------------|-------------0========0-----------||
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

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