#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir) PILGRIM CHAPTER 33 (Kris Kristofferson) ================== -- 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 (320003@1) ^ v G6 (320000@1) ^ 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 (320003@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans, C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile-- C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1)Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams, A7 (x02020@1) A7 (x02020@1) D(...sus4) (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1)Which he spent like they was goin' outa style-- G (320003@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)And he keeps right on a'changin' for the better or the worse, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)Searchin' for a shrine he's never found-- C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)Never knowin' if believin' is a blessin' or a curse, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)Or if the goin' up was worth the comin' down-- CHORUS: C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1)He's a poet, he's a picker-- G (320003@1) G (320003@1)He's a prophet, he's a pusher-- D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned-- C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction, D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on 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 (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars, D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)And he's traded in tomorrow for today-- D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) F#m (244222@1)Runnin' from his devils, Lord, and reachin' for the stars, B7 (x21202@1) B7 (x21202@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1)And losin' all he's loved along the way-- A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse, D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)And all he ever gets is older and around-- D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)From the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse, D(or Bm) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)The goin' up was worth the comin' down-- CHORUS D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1)He's a poet, he's a picker-- A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)He's a prophet, he's a pusher-- E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1)He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned-- D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction, E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) A/ (x02220@1)g#f# Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home. E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) [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-----------|| |----------------------------------|---------------------/2-----------|| |----------------------------------|-----2---------------/2-----------|| |-------------------2---4---2------|---------------------/2-----------|| |--0----2---3---4------------------|-------------0========0-----------|| |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|| home. *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* | Thomas C. Gannon | tgannon@charlie.usd.edu | U of SoDak (Vermillion) | * ------------------------------- _-^-_ ------------------------------- * | "--If I decide to practice a / o )= slight movement from right | * to left . . . or from left { /===} to right . . . it's * | nobody's business but my (=o=/ own." (_A_Day_for_Eeyore_) | *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* ^-_=^ *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*