Pilgrim Chapter 3

From: * (spideir)

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 -- comp. K. Kristofferson, 
   --4/4 // Keys of G, A // 
   --rhythm guitar: alternat

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 |der
 |bas

 |("*." tcg)                       
 |ately                            
 |s (see Intro; ^ = downstrum; v = 

           
           
"upstrum") 

 INTRO:   G   ^  v   G6    ^  v
       
||-----3--3---------3--3----||
       
||-----0--0---------0--0----||
       
||o----0--0---------0--0---o||
       
||o----0--0---0h2---2--0---o||
       
||--------------------------||
       
||--3-----------------------||


 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)
           * letters in < > are bass
 notes than can optionally be
               incorporated into 
guitar accompaniment]

 VERSE 1: [add sus4 to 2nd half of G
 measures at will]

          G             G         
 See him wasted on the sidewalk in
      G              G
 his jacket and his jeans,
          C              C     
 Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes 
           G        G
like a smile--
 C              C              G 
 Once he had a future full of 
            Em
money, love, and dreams,
            A7                 A7   
       D (...sus4)    D
 Which he spent like they was goin' 
outa style--
         G                 G      
 And he keeps right on a'changin' 
         G             G
for the better or the worse,
Continúa después del anuncio
  C                 D             
 Searchin' for a shrine he's never
  G       G
 found--
         C           C         
 Never knowin' if believin' is a 
    G            G
blessin' or a curse,
            C            D        
 Or if the goin' up was worth the 
        G        G
comin' down--


 CHORUS:
         C            C
 He's a poet, he's a picker--
          G              G
 He's a prophet, he's a pusher--
         D              D         
 He's a pilgrim and a preacher, 
      D                 G
and a problem when he's stoned--
         C             C     
 He's a walkin' contradiction, 
           G               G
partly truth and partly fiction,
        D              D          
 Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on 
    D               G       G
his lonely way back home.

 [modulate whole-step up:]  A 
(...sus4)    A (...sus4)


 VERSE 2: [add sus4 to 2nd half of A
 measures at will]

         A              A         
 He has tasted good and evil in 
    A                 A
your bedrooms and your bars,
            D          D       
 And he's traded in tomorrow for 
   A      A
today--
  D                D              
 Runnin' from his devils, Lord, 
   A            F#m
and reachin' for the stars,
      B7              B7          
 And losin' all he's loved along 
    E      E
the way--
              A                  
 But if this world keeps right on 
  A               A              A
turnin' for the better or the worse,
            D            E        
 And all he ever gets is older and
   A      A
 around--
           D               D      
 From the rockin' of the cradle to
      A              A
 the rollin' of the hearse,
      D(or Bm)     E                
A       A
 The goin' up was worth the comin' 
down--


 CHORUS
         D            D
 He's a poet, he's a picker--
          A              A
 He's a prophet, he's a pusher--
         E              E         
 He's a pilgrim and a preacher, 
      E                 A
and a problem when he's stoned--
         D             D     
 He's a walkin' contradiction, 
           A               A
partly truth and partly fiction,
        E              E            
  E               A        A / g# f#
 Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his
 lonely way back home.

 E                            E     
           E              [A:coda 
riff]
     There's a lotta wrong 
directions on that lonely way back 
home.

 CODA Riff:                         
                     AM6
    1    2   &   3   &   4   &      
     1        2       3 [hold]
 |--------------------------------
 |--------------------------------
 |--------------------------------
 |-------------------2---4---2----
 |--0----2---3---4----------------
 |--------------------------------

 |--|---------------------/2--------
 |--|---------------------/2--------
 |--|-----2---------------/2--------
 |--|---------------------/2--------
 |--|-------------0========0--------
 |--|-------------------------------

  home.

  
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