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PILGRIM CHAPTER 33 (Kris Kristofferson) ================== -- comp. K. Kristofferson, 1971 ("transcr./arr." tcg) --4/4 // Keys of G, A augmentedA // Moderately --rhythm guitar: alternate bass (see Intro; ^ = downstrum; v = "upstrum") INTRO: G+G ^ v G6G6 ^ v ||-----3--3---------3--3----|| ||-----0--0---------0--0----|| ||o----0--0---------0--0---o|| ||o----0--0---0h2---2--0---o|| ||--------------------------|| ||--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) * letters in < > are bass notes than can optionally be incorporated into guitar accompaniment] VERSE 1: [add sus4 to 2nd half of G+G measures at will] G+G G+G G+G G+G See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans, C majorC C majorC G+G G+G Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile-- C majorC C majorC G+G E minorEm Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams, A7A7 A7A7 D MajorD (...sus4) D MajorD Which he spent like they was goin' outa style-- G+G G+G G+G G+G And he keeps right on a'changin' for the better or the worse, C majorC D MajorD G+G G+G Searchin' for a shrine he's never found-- C majorC C majorC G+G G+G Never knowin' if believin' is a blessin' or a curse, C majorC D MajorD G+G G+G Or if the goin' up was worth the comin' down-- CHORUS: C majorC C majorC He's a poet, he's a picker-- G+G G+G He's a prophet, he's a pusher-- D MajorD D MajorD D MajorD G+G He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned-- C majorC C majorC G+G G+G He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction, D MajorD D MajorD D MajorD G+G G+G Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home. [modulate whole-step up:] A augmentedA (...sus4) A augmentedA (...sus4)
VERSE 2: [add sus4 to 2nd half of A augmentedA measures at will] A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars, D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA A augmentedA And he's traded in tomorrow for today-- D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m Runnin' from his devils, Lord, and reachin' for the stars, B7B7 B7B7 E MajorE E MajorE And losin' all he's loved along the way-- A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse, D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA A augmentedA And all he ever gets is older and around-- D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA A augmentedA From the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse, D(or B minorBm) E MajorE A augmentedA A augmentedA The goin' up was worth the comin' down-- CHORUS D MajorD D MajorD He's a poet, he's a picker-- A augmentedA A augmentedA He's a prophet, he's a pusher-- E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned-- D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA A augmentedA He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction, E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A augmentedA / g# f# Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home. E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE [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] |----------------------------------|---------------------/2-----------|| |----------------------------------|---------------------/2-----------|| |----------------------------------|-----2---------------/2-----------|| |-------------------2---4---2------|---------------------/2-----------|| |--0----2---3---4------------------|-------------0========0-----------|| |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|| home. *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* | Thomas C. Gannon | [email protected] | U of SoDak (Vermillion) | * ------------------------------- _-^-_ ------------------------------- * | "--If I decide to practice a / o )= slight movement from right | * to left . . . or from left { /===} to right . . . it's * | nobody's business but my (=o=/ own." (_A_Day_for_Eeyore_) | *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* ^-_=^ *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*
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