Pilgrims chords by Van Der Graaf Generator

Chords with lyrics

from the album Still Life (1976).
Updated by Cory

Intro example:
 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7  Esus4Esus4
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--3------5-------10--|
--3------5-------9---|
--5------7-------9---|
--6------8-------7---|
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Verse Line 6 example:
G+G		    Fmaj7Fmaj7    G minorGm  D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
--3----------------------0----------3----2-2h3h2----|
--3----------------------1----------3----3-------3--|
--4----------------------2----------3----2----------|
--5----------------------3----------5----0----------|
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Bridge voicing examples:
Bb7Bb7 BbdimBbdim AdimAdim  Bb7Bb7 BbdimBbdim AdimAdim
---------------| --10----9-----8--|
---------------| --9-----8-----7--|
--7----6----5--| --10----9-----8--|
--6----5----4--| --8-----8-----7--|
---------------| -----------------|
--6----6----5--| -----------------|

Chorus Line 2 example:
AbAb	     F minorFm 	 Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
--4--------------4--------4---3--|
--4--------------4--------3---4--|
--5--------------5--------3---3--|
--6--------------3--------3---5--|
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Intro:
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Esus4Esus4


Verse 1:
Eb MajorEb
Sometimes you feel so far away,
                    D MajorD
distanced from all the action of the play,
Eb MajorEb
unable to grasp significance,
                  D MajorD
marking the plot with diffident dismay,
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7   Fmaj7Fmaj7 Esus4Esus4
stranded at centre stage,
G+G            Fmaj7Fmaj7    G minorGm  D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
scrabbling through your diary for a lost page:
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Esus4Esus4
unsure of the dream.

Verse 2:
Eb MajorEb
Kicking a stone across the beach,
				  D MajorD
aching for love and comfort out of reach;
Eb MajorEb
the way ahead seems to be so bleak,
				      D MajorD
there's no-one with any friendship left to speak
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Esus4Esus4
or show any relation
       G minorGm     Fmaj7Fmaj7  G minorGm  D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
between your present and future situations...
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Esus4Esus4
lost to the dream.


Bridge:
Bb7Bb7   BbdimBbdim AdimAdim  F#F#     Ab7Ab7  Bb majorBb
Away,  away, away - look to the future day
Bb7Bb7      BbdimBbdim  AdimAdim
for hope, some form of peace
F#F#     Ab7Ab7   Bb majorBb
within the growing storm.


Chorus:
AbAb         G minorGm    AbAb      G minorGm
I climb through the evening, alive and believing
AbAb        F minorFm    Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
in time we shall all know our goals and so, finally, home;
AbAb        G minorGm   AbAb         G minorGm
for now, all is secret - though how could I speak it,
AbAb      F minorFm    Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
allow me the dream in my eye!
     Bb majorBb            AbAb
I've been waiting for such a long time
    F#F# AbAb  Bb majorBb
just to see it at last,
      F#F#  AbAb   Bb majorBb
all of the hands tightly clasped,

     F#F# AbAb
all of us pilgrims.


Verse 3:
Eb MajorEb
Walking in silence down the coast,
                   D MajorD
merely to journey, here hope is the most,
Eb MajorEb
merely to know there is an end;
					D MajorD
all of us, lovers, brothers, sisters, friends
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Esus4Esus4
hand in hand....
G minorGm   Fmaj7Fmaj7       G minorGm  D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
Shining footprints on the wet sand
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Esus4Esus4
lead to the dream.


Bridge 2:
Bb7Bb7     BbdimBbdim   AdimAdim   F#F# Ab7Ab7 Bb majorBb
The time has come, the tide has almost run
  Bb7Bb7     BbdimBbdim
and drained the deep:
 AdimAdim    F#F# Ab7Ab7 Bb majorBb
I rise from lifelong sleep.


Chorus 2:
AbAb       G minorGm       AbAb
It seems such a long time I've dreamed -
   G minorGm      AbAb
now, awake, I can see
    F minorFm    Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb        Bb majorBb
we are pilgrims and so must walk this road,
 AbAb      G minorGm	AbAb       G minorGm
unknown in our purpose, alone, but not worthless,
AbAb      F minorFm   Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
and home ever calling us on.
      Bb majorBb         AbAb
We've been waiting here for so long,

      F#F#  AbAb    Bb majorBb
all of our hands joined in hope,
      F#F#   AbAb   Bb majorBb
holding the weight on the rope -
     F#F# AbAb
all of us Pilgrims.