I Am A Pilgrim chords by Willie Nelson

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice

I am a Pilgrim
Willie Nelson

As his fans know, Willie is very jazzy with his phrasing, so I suggest fitting the words into the melody
however they work best for you, and just like Willie, never perform the song the same way twice!

    G+G       C majorC
I am a pilgrim and a stranger
C7C7    FF           C majorC
Traveling through this wearisome land
          C7C7     FF   F7F7
I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord
C majorC       FF           G+G       C majorC
And it's not, good lord it was not, not made by hand

      G+G           C majorC
And I got a mother, a sister and a brother
C7C7    FF         C majorC
Who have gone to that sweet home
        C7C7    FF     F7F7
I am determined to go and see them, good Lord
C majorC    FF       G+G      C majorC
Over on, down over on, that distant shore

     G+G          C majorC
And I go down to the river of Jordan
C7C7   FF         C majorC
Just to bathe my wearisome soul
         C7C7       FF    F7F7
If I could touch the hem of his garment, good Lord
C majorC       FF          G+G        C majorC
And I believe, good Lord I believe, it would make me whole

       G+G       C majorC
Now when I’m dead and in my coffin
C7C7     FF          C majorC
And all my friends all gather ‘round
           C7C7    FF           F7F7
And they can say that he’s just laying there sleeping, good Lord
C majorC      FF       G+G          C majorC
Sweet peace, oh lord, sweet peace of the soul is found


    G+G       C majorC
I am a pilgrim and a stranger
C7C7    FF           C majorC
Traveling through this wearisome land
          C7C7     FF   F7F7
I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord
C majorC       FF           G+G       C majorC
And it's not, good lord it was not, not made by hand