Chords for Bill Hybels Introduces Chuck Girard "Little Pilgrim"
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[D] [C#] Now, you [A] think all we're gonna do is kind of play around, [Em] but that's not true.
The next thing we're gonna talk about [A] is very, very serious.
Because [D] this church, in its inception, wanted to [A] have [C#m] impact on people.
But [Em] theologically, we didn't even know the verbiage, [A] how to think about people who were
far from God.
Like, were they [D] terrible people that we ought to stay away from?
[G] Were they, [Em] you know, folks to be avoided?
Or folks to be [Dm] preached at?
How do you think about people who are far from [A] God?
[D] And we were a little [G] confused on that.
[A] Then Chuck wrote a song called Little Pilgrim, [D] and it gave us language.
And it gave us a feeling about how to [G] [D] think about [A] folks who have lost their way.
[D] And so, Chuck, do this, and then we'll reflect on it just a little bit.
Little pilgrim, [C#m] walking down the road of life, [Em] I find that in your heart, [A] you're just a lonely
one, [D] for you see,
[G] upon that very road, [Em] my search for good and [A] truth had its beginning.
[D] You take a little turn to [G] the left, [D] and you see what that path [G] has to offer you.
[Em] Then you gotta make it back to the main [A] road anyhow, [Em] and you have all that lost time [A] to
make up for.
[D] It's a sad thing [A]
[Bm] to realize [D] that [Em] you're all alone, [A] that you're on your own.
[D]
Then, [G] [D] little pilgrim, [A] walking down the road of life, [Em] can't you see that there are so many
others, [A] and they are just like you?
[D] I was looking in [G] that same direction, [Em] but all I ever found were others, [D] and they were
searching just [A] like me, [D] and we didn't find the way [G] or the answers to [Em] the questions that
were buried deep down [A] in our souls.
[D] We just found that the ways of men [G] have no answers [D] anyhow.
[G]
Don't [D] [G] [D]
[G] you wonder now [Em] [A] what your triumph [D]
[G] [Bm] [Em] [A]
is [D] taking you?
Little pilgrim, [A] walking down the road of life, [Em] I know that deep down in your [A] heart that you
are just like me.
[D] What you're seeking is [G] a better way, [Em] and you're reaching out for temporary [D] resting places,
[A]
[D] and you're glad to find a little peace of [G] mind here and there.
[D] But it won't last, no, no, [G] because you'll have to move along [Em] someday, till you're resting
in the arms of the only [A] one who can help you, till [Em] you give your heart, your soul, your
body, your [A] mind, your [D] very life [A]
to [D] the [Bm] Lord.
[D] [G]
[D] And it's a glad thing [A] to [Bm] realize [D] [Em] that you're not alone no more, [A] that you found your way
[D] back home, [G] [D]
[G] back home.
[D]
[N] Yeah, to [D] me that's one of the great songs ever written about how to think about people
who are, you know, losing their way, [N] finding their way.
You're a lot like me, the song says, reaching out for temporary resting places.
You're going to have to move along.
You're not going to find what you're looking for from the answers of men.
And I can't tell you what that song did to galvanize the spirit of our church in the early days.
We said, let's touch people's lives, but let's not preach at them.
Let's not consider ourselves better than they are.
We've just moved along and given our lives to Christ a little earlier in the game than they have.
Let's bring them along.
And about three years ago, we have Tim and Aaron VandenBos up here and Scott and Laurie
Peterson, my wife, Lynn.
The other couple that helped us in the early days was Joel and Kathy Jaeger.
They're out of town now.
But the eight of us have been together for over 35 years and we've never lost hope
in the local church.
And we had an anniversary party a while back.
And I think it was Scott that dug out an old album.
We challenged each other to see if we could all sing every word to Little Pilgrim.
And we could.
We actually did.
All eight of us knew every single word from 35 years.
We played it hundreds of times.
Yeah, we still go into each other's homes once in a while.
Because it was more than song.
It was theology.
It
The next thing we're gonna talk about [A] is very, very serious.
Because [D] this church, in its inception, wanted to [A] have [C#m] impact on people.
But [Em] theologically, we didn't even know the verbiage, [A] how to think about people who were
far from God.
Like, were they [D] terrible people that we ought to stay away from?
[G] Were they, [Em] you know, folks to be avoided?
Or folks to be [Dm] preached at?
How do you think about people who are far from [A] God?
[D] And we were a little [G] confused on that.
[A] Then Chuck wrote a song called Little Pilgrim, [D] and it gave us language.
And it gave us a feeling about how to [G] [D] think about [A] folks who have lost their way.
[D] And so, Chuck, do this, and then we'll reflect on it just a little bit.
Little pilgrim, [C#m] walking down the road of life, [Em] I find that in your heart, [A] you're just a lonely
one, [D] for you see,
[G] upon that very road, [Em] my search for good and [A] truth had its beginning.
[D] You take a little turn to [G] the left, [D] and you see what that path [G] has to offer you.
[Em] Then you gotta make it back to the main [A] road anyhow, [Em] and you have all that lost time [A] to
make up for.
[D] It's a sad thing [A]
[Bm] to realize [D] that [Em] you're all alone, [A] that you're on your own.
[D]
Then, [G] [D] little pilgrim, [A] walking down the road of life, [Em] can't you see that there are so many
others, [A] and they are just like you?
[D] I was looking in [G] that same direction, [Em] but all I ever found were others, [D] and they were
searching just [A] like me, [D] and we didn't find the way [G] or the answers to [Em] the questions that
were buried deep down [A] in our souls.
[D] We just found that the ways of men [G] have no answers [D] anyhow.
[G]
Don't [D] [G] [D]
[G] you wonder now [Em] [A] what your triumph [D]
[G] [Bm] [Em] [A]
is [D] taking you?
Little pilgrim, [A] walking down the road of life, [Em] I know that deep down in your [A] heart that you
are just like me.
[D] What you're seeking is [G] a better way, [Em] and you're reaching out for temporary [D] resting places,
[A]
[D] and you're glad to find a little peace of [G] mind here and there.
[D] But it won't last, no, no, [G] because you'll have to move along [Em] someday, till you're resting
in the arms of the only [A] one who can help you, till [Em] you give your heart, your soul, your
body, your [A] mind, your [D] very life [A]
to [D] the [Bm] Lord.
[D] [G]
[D] And it's a glad thing [A] to [Bm] realize [D] [Em] that you're not alone no more, [A] that you found your way
[D] back home, [G] [D]
[G] back home.
[D]
[N] Yeah, to [D] me that's one of the great songs ever written about how to think about people
who are, you know, losing their way, [N] finding their way.
You're a lot like me, the song says, reaching out for temporary resting places.
You're going to have to move along.
You're not going to find what you're looking for from the answers of men.
And I can't tell you what that song did to galvanize the spirit of our church in the early days.
We said, let's touch people's lives, but let's not preach at them.
Let's not consider ourselves better than they are.
We've just moved along and given our lives to Christ a little earlier in the game than they have.
Let's bring them along.
And about three years ago, we have Tim and Aaron VandenBos up here and Scott and Laurie
Peterson, my wife, Lynn.
The other couple that helped us in the early days was Joel and Kathy Jaeger.
They're out of town now.
But the eight of us have been together for over 35 years and we've never lost hope
in the local church.
And we had an anniversary party a while back.
And I think it was Scott that dug out an old album.
We challenged each other to see if we could all sing every word to Little Pilgrim.
And we could.
We actually did.
All eight of us knew every single word from 35 years.
We played it hundreds of times.
Yeah, we still go into each other's homes once in a while.
Because it was more than song.
It was theology.
It
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[D] [C#] Now, you [A] think all we're gonna do is kind of play around, [Em] but that's not true.
The next thing we're gonna talk about [A] is very, very serious.
Because [D] this church, in its inception, wanted to [A] have [C#m] impact on people.
But [Em] theologically, we didn't even know the verbiage, [A] how to think about people who were
far from God.
Like, were they [D] terrible people that we ought to stay away from?
[G] _ Were they, [Em] you know, folks to be avoided?
Or folks to be [Dm] preached at?
How do you think about people who are far from [A] God?
[D] And we were a little [G] confused on that.
[A] Then Chuck wrote a song called Little Pilgrim, [D] and it gave us language.
And it gave us a feeling about how to [G] _ _ [D] think about [A] folks who have lost their way.
[D] _ And so, _ Chuck, do this, and then we'll reflect on it just a little bit.
Little pilgrim, _ [C#m] walking down the road of life, _ [Em] I find that in your heart, [A] you're just a lonely
one, _ [D] for you see, _
_ [G] upon that very road, _ [Em] my search for good and [A] truth had its beginning.
_ [D] You take a little turn to [G] the left, _ [D] and you see what that path [G] has to offer you.
[Em] Then you gotta make it back to the main [A] road anyhow, _ _ [Em] and you have all that lost time [A] to
make up for.
_ [D] It's a sad thing [A] _
[Bm] to realize [D] that [Em] you're all alone, _ [A] that you're on your own.
_ [D] _ _
Then, _ _ [G] _ [D] little pilgrim, [A] walking down the road of life, _ [Em] can't you see that there are so many
others, [A] and they are just like you?
[D] I was looking in [G] that same direction, _ [Em] but all I ever found were others, [D] and they were
searching just [A] like me, [D] and we didn't find the way [G] or the answers to [Em] the questions that
were buried deep down [A] in our _ souls.
[D] We just found that the ways of men [G] have no answers [D] anyhow.
_ [G]
Don't [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] you wonder now [Em] _ [A] what your triumph [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ [A]
is [D] taking you? _ _ _
Little pilgrim, _ [A] walking down the road of life, _ [Em] _ I know that deep down in your [A] heart that you
are just like me.
[D] What you're seeking is [G] a better way, [Em] and you're reaching out for temporary [D] resting places,
[A] _
[D] and you're glad to find a little peace of [G] mind here and there. _
[D] But it won't last, no, no, [G] because you'll have to move along [Em] someday, till you're resting
in the arms of the only [A] one who can help you, till [Em] you give your heart, your soul, your
body, your [A] mind, your [D] very life [A]
to [D] the [Bm] Lord.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _
[D] And it's a glad thing [A] to [Bm] _ realize [D] [Em] that you're not alone no more, [A] that you found your way
[D] _ back home, [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ back _ _ home. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ Yeah, to [D] me that's one of the great songs ever written about how to think about people
who are, you know, losing their way, [N] finding their way.
_ You're a lot like me, the song says, reaching out for temporary resting places.
You're going to have to move along.
You're not going to find what you're looking for from the answers of men. _
And I can't tell you what that song did to galvanize the spirit of our church in the early days.
We said, let's touch people's lives, but let's not preach at them.
Let's not consider ourselves better than they are.
We've just moved along and given our lives to Christ a little earlier in the game than they have.
Let's bring them along.
_ _ And about three years ago, we have Tim and Aaron VandenBos up here and Scott and Laurie
Peterson, my wife, Lynn.
The other couple that helped us in the early days was Joel and Kathy Jaeger.
They're out of town now.
But the eight of us have been together for over 35 years and we've never lost hope
in the local church.
And we had an anniversary party a while back.
And I think it was Scott that dug out an old album.
We challenged each other to see if we could all sing every word to Little Pilgrim.
And we could.
We actually did.
All eight of us knew every single word from 35 years.
We played it hundreds of times.
Yeah, we still go into each other's homes once in a while.
Because it was more than song.
It was theology.
It
The next thing we're gonna talk about [A] is very, very serious.
Because [D] this church, in its inception, wanted to [A] have [C#m] impact on people.
But [Em] theologically, we didn't even know the verbiage, [A] how to think about people who were
far from God.
Like, were they [D] terrible people that we ought to stay away from?
[G] _ Were they, [Em] you know, folks to be avoided?
Or folks to be [Dm] preached at?
How do you think about people who are far from [A] God?
[D] And we were a little [G] confused on that.
[A] Then Chuck wrote a song called Little Pilgrim, [D] and it gave us language.
And it gave us a feeling about how to [G] _ _ [D] think about [A] folks who have lost their way.
[D] _ And so, _ Chuck, do this, and then we'll reflect on it just a little bit.
Little pilgrim, _ [C#m] walking down the road of life, _ [Em] I find that in your heart, [A] you're just a lonely
one, _ [D] for you see, _
_ [G] upon that very road, _ [Em] my search for good and [A] truth had its beginning.
_ [D] You take a little turn to [G] the left, _ [D] and you see what that path [G] has to offer you.
[Em] Then you gotta make it back to the main [A] road anyhow, _ _ [Em] and you have all that lost time [A] to
make up for.
_ [D] It's a sad thing [A] _
[Bm] to realize [D] that [Em] you're all alone, _ [A] that you're on your own.
_ [D] _ _
Then, _ _ [G] _ [D] little pilgrim, [A] walking down the road of life, _ [Em] can't you see that there are so many
others, [A] and they are just like you?
[D] I was looking in [G] that same direction, _ [Em] but all I ever found were others, [D] and they were
searching just [A] like me, [D] and we didn't find the way [G] or the answers to [Em] the questions that
were buried deep down [A] in our _ souls.
[D] We just found that the ways of men [G] have no answers [D] anyhow.
_ [G]
Don't [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] you wonder now [Em] _ [A] what your triumph [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ [A]
is [D] taking you? _ _ _
Little pilgrim, _ [A] walking down the road of life, _ [Em] _ I know that deep down in your [A] heart that you
are just like me.
[D] What you're seeking is [G] a better way, [Em] and you're reaching out for temporary [D] resting places,
[A] _
[D] and you're glad to find a little peace of [G] mind here and there. _
[D] But it won't last, no, no, [G] because you'll have to move along [Em] someday, till you're resting
in the arms of the only [A] one who can help you, till [Em] you give your heart, your soul, your
body, your [A] mind, your [D] very life [A]
to [D] the [Bm] Lord.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _
[D] And it's a glad thing [A] to [Bm] _ realize [D] [Em] that you're not alone no more, [A] that you found your way
[D] _ back home, [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ back _ _ home. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ Yeah, to [D] me that's one of the great songs ever written about how to think about people
who are, you know, losing their way, [N] finding their way.
_ You're a lot like me, the song says, reaching out for temporary resting places.
You're going to have to move along.
You're not going to find what you're looking for from the answers of men. _
And I can't tell you what that song did to galvanize the spirit of our church in the early days.
We said, let's touch people's lives, but let's not preach at them.
Let's not consider ourselves better than they are.
We've just moved along and given our lives to Christ a little earlier in the game than they have.
Let's bring them along.
_ _ And about three years ago, we have Tim and Aaron VandenBos up here and Scott and Laurie
Peterson, my wife, Lynn.
The other couple that helped us in the early days was Joel and Kathy Jaeger.
They're out of town now.
But the eight of us have been together for over 35 years and we've never lost hope
in the local church.
And we had an anniversary party a while back.
And I think it was Scott that dug out an old album.
We challenged each other to see if we could all sing every word to Little Pilgrim.
And we could.
We actually did.
All eight of us knew every single word from 35 years.
We played it hundreds of times.
Yeah, we still go into each other's homes once in a while.
Because it was more than song.
It was theology.
It