I Am A Pilgrim chords by Willie Nelson

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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 MajorG             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 MajorG              C majorC
And  it's not, good lord it was not, not made by hand

            G MajorG                      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 MajorG            C majorC
Over on, down over on, that distant shore

         G MajorG                    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 MajorG                C majorC
And I believe, good Lord I believe, it would make me whole

             G MajorG              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 MajorG                    C majorC
Sweet peace, oh lord, sweet peace of the soul is found


       G MajorG             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 MajorG              C majorC
And  it's not, good lord it was not, not made by hand

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