I Am A Pilgrim - Doc & Merle Watson Chords

Tempo:
156.8 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

C

Cm

C#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I Am A Pilgrim -  Doc & Merle Watson chords
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I am [D] a pilgrim and [G] a stranger, [C] traveling through this [G] worrisome land.
[D] I've got [G] a [C#] home, [Cm] [G] an adiante [C]
city, good Lord, [G] and it's not [D] made [G] by hand.
I've got [D] a mother, a [G] sister, and a brother, and they've done [C] gone on to that [G] other shore.
[C] [D] And [G] I'm determined to go [C] and see them, good Lord, and live [G] up there [C] [D] [G]
forevermore.
[D] When [G]
[C]
[G]
[D] [G]
[C]
[G]
[D] [C] [G]
I go [D] down to the river [G]
of Jordan, just [C] to bathe my weary [G]
soul,
[D] if I [G]
can but touch the hem of [C] his garment, good Lord, then I [Gm]
believe he'll make [G] me whole.
I [D] am a pilgrim [G] and a stranger, [C] traveling through this [G] worrisome land.
[D] [G] I've got a home, an adiante [C] city, good Lord, [G] and it's not, [D] not [F] [G] made by [Em] [Cm] hand.
[G] [N]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
Cm
13421113
C#
12341114
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
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Let's start jamming Doc Watson - (Live In New York / 1970) I Am A Pilgrim chords, practice the chord sequence D, C, D, G, D, G, C and G. Set your pace at 78 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 157. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of G Minor.

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_ _ I _ am [D] a _ _ pilgrim _ and [G] a _ stranger, _ _ _ [C] traveling _ through _ this [G] worrisome land.
_ [D] _ _ I've got [G] a [C#] home, [Cm] _ [G] an adiante [C]
city, _ good Lord, [G] and it's not _ _ _ [D] _ made [G] by hand.
_ _ _ I've got [D] a _ mother, _ a [G] sister, and a _ brother, _ and they've done [C] gone on to _ that [G] other shore.
[C] _ [D] _ _ And [G] I'm _ determined _ to go [C] and see them, good Lord, and live [G] up there _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ forevermore.
_ _ _ [D] When _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ I go [D] down to the river [G]
of Jordan, _ _ just [C] to bathe my _ weary [G] _
soul,
_ [D] _ _ if I [G] _
can but touch _ the hem of [C] his garment, good Lord, then I [Gm]
believe _ _ _ he'll make [G] me whole.
_ _ I [D] am a _ _ pilgrim _ _ [G] and a _ stranger, _ _ _ [C] traveling _ through _ this [G] worrisome _ land.
_ [D] _ _ [G] I've got a home, _ an adiante [C] city, good Lord, [G] and it's not, _ _ [D] not [F] [G] made by _ [Em] [Cm] hand.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _

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