I Am A Pilgrim chords by Willie Nelson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

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       C
I am a pilgrim and a stranger
C7    F           C
Traveling through this wearisome land
          C7     F   F7
I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord
C       F           G       C
And it's not, good lord it was not, not made by hand

      G           C
And I got a mother, a sister and a brother
C7    F         C
Who have gone to that sweet home
        C7    F     F7
I am determined to go and see them, good Lord
C    F       G      C
Over on, down over on, that distant shore

     G          C
And I go down to the river of Jordan
C7   F         C
Just to bathe my wearisome soul
         C7       F    F7
If I could touch the hem of his garment, good Lord
C       F          G        C
And I believe, good Lord I believe, it would make me whole

       G       C
Now when I’m dead and in my coffin
C7     F          C
And all my friends all gather ‘round
           C7    F           F7
And they can say that he’s just laying there sleeping, good Lord
C      F       G          C
Sweet peace, oh lord, sweet peace of the soul is found


    G       C
I am a pilgrim and a stranger
C7    F           C
Traveling through this wearisome land
          C7     F   F7
I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord
C       F           G       C
And it's not, good lord it was not, not made by hand