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Pilgrim Chapter 3 tab by Kris Kristofferson

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PILGRIM CHAPTER 33 (Kris Kristofferson)
 ==================

 -- comp. K. Kristofferson, 1971 ("transcr./arr." tcg)
   --4/4 // Keys of G, Chord diagramA augmentedA // Moderately
   --rhythm guitar: alternate bass (see Intro; ^ = downstrum; v = "upstrum")

 INTRO:   Chord diagramG+G   ^  v   Chord diagramG6G6    ^  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 Chord diagramG+G measures at will]

          Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramG+G
 See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,
          Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramG+G
 Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile--
 Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramE minorEm
 Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams,
            Chord diagramA7A7                 Chord diagramA7A7          Chord diagramD MajorD (...sus4)    Chord diagramD MajorD
 Which he spent like they was goin' outa style--
         Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramG+G
 And he keeps right on a'changin' for the better or the worse,
  Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramG+G
 Searchin' for a shrine he's never found--
         Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramG+G
 Never knowin' if believin' is a blessin' or a curse,
            Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramG+G
 Or if the goin' up was worth the comin' down--


 CHORUS:
         Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramC majorC
 He's a poet, he's a picker--
          Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramG+G
 He's a prophet, he's a pusher--
         Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramG+G
 He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned--
         Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramG+G
 He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
        Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramG+G
 Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.

 [modulate whole-step up:]  Chord diagramA augmentedA (...sus4)    Chord diagramA augmentedA (...sus4)
 VERSE 2: [add sus4 to 2nd half of Chord diagramA augmentedA measures at will]

         Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
 He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars,
            Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramA augmentedA
 And he's traded in tomorrow for today--
  Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramF# minorF#m
 Runnin' from his devils, Lord, and reachin' for the stars,
      Chord diagramB7B7              Chord diagramB7B7              Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramE MajorE
 And losin' all he's loved along the way--
              Chord diagramA augmentedA                    Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramA augmentedA
 But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse,
            Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramA augmentedA
 And all he ever gets is older and around--
           Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramA augmentedA
 From the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse,
      D(or Chord diagramB minorBm)     Chord diagramE MajorE                Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramA augmentedA
 The goin' up was worth the comin' down--


 CHORUS
         Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramD MajorD
 He's a poet, he's a picker--
          Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramA augmentedA
 He's a prophet, he's a pusher--
         Chord diagramE MajorE              Chord diagramE MajorE               Chord diagramE MajorE                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
 He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned--
         Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramA augmentedA
 He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
        Chord diagramE MajorE              Chord diagramE MajorE              Chord diagramE MajorE               Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramA augmentedA / g# f#
 Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.

 Chord diagramE MajorE                            Chord diagramE MajorE                Chord diagramE 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.

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  | 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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