From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir)

 PILGRIM CHAPTER 33 (Kris Kristofferson)
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 comp. K. Kristofferson, 1971 ("transcr./arr." tcg)
 4/4 // Keys of G, A // Moderately
 rhythm guitar: alternate bass (see Intro; ^ = downstrum; v = "upstrum")

 INTRO:    G  
       e||----
       B||----
       G||o---
       D||o---
       A||----
       E||--3-

 ^  v   G6    
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-0--0---------
-0--0---0h2---
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^  v
3--3----||
0--0----||
0--0---o||
2--0---o||
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 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)


 VERSE 1: (add sus4 to 2nd half of G measures at will)

             
 See him waste

             
d on the sidew

             
alk in his jac

             
ket and his je

ans,
             
 Wearin' yeste

             
rday's misfort

              
unes like a sm

        
ile--
             
 Once he had a

             
 future full o

         
f money, love,

       
 and dreams,
            
 Which he spen

              
t like they wa

            
s goin' outa s

  (...    
tyle--
             
 And he keeps 

             
right on a'cha

              
ngin' for the 

             
better or the 

 
worse,
             
 Searchin' for

             
 a shrine he's

               
 never found--
             
 Never knowin'

             
 if believin' 

             
is a blessin' 

      
or a curse,
             
 Or if the goi

             
n' up was wort

              
h the comin' d

        
own--


 CHORUS:
             
 He's a poet, 

        
he's a picker-

-
             
 He's a prophe

           
t, he's a push

er--
             
 He's a pilgri

             
m and a preach

             
er, and a prob

              
lem when he's 

  
stoned--
             
 He's a walkin

             
' contradictio

             
n, partly trut

              
h and partly f


iction,
             
 Takin' ev'ry 

             
wrong directio

             
n on his lonel

             
y way back hom

      
e.

 (modulate whole-step up)   A (...sus4)    A (...sus4)


 VERSE 2: (add sus4 to 2nd half of A measures at will)

             
 He has tasted

             
 good and evil

             
 in your bedro

              
oms and your b


ars,
             
 And he's trad

             
ed in tomorrow

            
 for today--
             
 Runnin' from 

             
his devils, Lo

             
rd, and reachi

       
n' for the sta

rs,
            
 And losin' al

            
l he's loved a

                
long the way--
              
 But if this w

             
orld keeps rig

             
ht on turnin' 

             
for the better

          
 or the worse,
             
 And all he ev

             
er gets is old

             
er and around-

  
-
             
 From the rock

             
in' of the cra

             
dle to the rol

             
lin' of the he

arse,
       ( 
 The goin' up 

)            
was worth the 

               
comin' down--


 CHORUS
             
 He's a poet, 

        
he's a picker-

-
             
 He's a prophe

           
t, he's a push

er--
             
 He's a pilgri

             
m and a preach

             
er, and a prob

              
lem when he's 

  
stoned--
             
 He's a walkin

             
' contradictio

             
n, partly trut

              
h and partly f


iction,
             
 Takin' ev'ry 

             
wrong directio

             
n on his lonel

             
y way back hom

        /  
e.

             
     There's a

              
 lotta wrong d

             
irections on t

             
hat lonely way

       ( 
 back home.

 CODA Riff:   
    1    2   &
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B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|--0----2---3
E|------------
  home.

              
   3   &   4  
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 &           1
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        2     
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 AM6
  3 (hold)
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