Chords for The Highwaymen - The Pilgrim: Chapter 33 (American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990)
Tempo:
86.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
G
F
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans [F] wearing yesterday's
misfortunes [C] like a smile
[F] Once he had a future full [C] of money love [Am] and dreams
[D] Which he spent like they was going out of [G] style
But [C] he keeps right on a-changing for the better or the worse
[F] Searching [G] for a shrine he'd [C] never found
[F] Never knowing if believing [C] is a blessing or a curse
[F] And if the going up [G] is worth the [C] coming [Dm] down
[Ebm] [C] [F] He's the poet
He's a picker.
[C] He's a prophet.
He's a pusher.
[G] He's a pilgrim and a priest
And a problem when [C] he's strong
[F] He's a walking contradiction
[C] partly truth and partly fiction
[G] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [C] back home
[D]
He's tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bar
[G] Traded in tomorrow [D] for today
[G] Running from his devil's [D] lord and reaching [Bm] for the star
[E] Losing all he loves [A] along the way
But if [D] the world keeps right on turning for the better or the worse and [G] all he ever gets [A] is older and [D] around
From [G] the rocking of the cradle
Till [D] the rolling of the hearse
[G] The going up [A] was worth the coming [D] down
[Em] [Dm] [D]
[G] He's the poet.
He's a liar.
[D] He's a prophet.
He's a dreamer
[A] He's a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when [D] he's strong
[G] He's a walking contradiction partly [D] truth mostly fiction
[A] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [D] back home
See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans [F] wearing yesterday's
misfortunes [C] like a smile
[F] Once he had a future full [C] of money love [Am] and dreams
[D] Which he spent like they was going out of [G] style
But [C] he keeps right on a-changing for the better or the worse
[F] Searching [G] for a shrine he'd [C] never found
[F] Never knowing if believing [C] is a blessing or a curse
[F] And if the going up [G] is worth the [C] coming [Dm] down
[Ebm] [C] [F] He's the poet
He's a picker.
[C] He's a prophet.
He's a pusher.
[G] He's a pilgrim and a priest
And a problem when [C] he's strong
[F] He's a walking contradiction
[C] partly truth and partly fiction
[G] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [C] back home
[D]
He's tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bar
[G] Traded in tomorrow [D] for today
[G] Running from his devil's [D] lord and reaching [Bm] for the star
[E] Losing all he loves [A] along the way
But if [D] the world keeps right on turning for the better or the worse and [G] all he ever gets [A] is older and [D] around
From [G] the rocking of the cradle
Till [D] the rolling of the hearse
[G] The going up [A] was worth the coming [D] down
[Em] [Dm] [D]
[G] He's the poet.
He's a liar.
[D] He's a prophet.
He's a dreamer
[A] He's a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when [D] he's strong
[G] He's a walking contradiction partly [D] truth mostly fiction
[A] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [D] back home
Key:
D
C
G
F
A
D
C
G
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans [F] wearing yesterday's
misfortunes [C] like a smile _
_ [F] Once he had a future full [C] of money love [Am] and dreams
[D] Which he spent like they was going out of [G] style
But [C] he keeps right on a-changing for the better or the worse
_ [F] Searching [G] for a shrine he'd [C] never found
_ [F] Never knowing if believing [C] is a blessing or a curse
[F] And if the going up [G] is worth the [C] coming [Dm] down
[Ebm] _ [C] [F] He's the poet
He's a picker.
[C] He's a prophet.
He's a pusher.
[G] He's a pilgrim and a priest
And a problem when [C] he's strong
[F] He's a walking contradiction
[C] partly truth and partly fiction
[G] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [C] back home
_ [D] _ _ _
He's tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bar
[G] Traded in tomorrow [D] for today _ _
[G] Running from his devil's [D] lord and reaching [Bm] for the star
[E] Losing all he loves [A] along the way
But if [D] the world keeps right on turning for the better or the worse and [G] all he ever gets [A] is older and [D] around
_ From [G] the rocking of the cradle
Till [D] the rolling of the hearse
[G] The going up [A] was worth the coming [D] down
[Em] _ [Dm] _ [D]
[G] He's the poet.
He's a liar.
[D] He's a prophet.
He's a dreamer
[A] He's a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when [D] he's strong
[G] He's a walking contradiction partly [D] truth mostly fiction
[A] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [D] back home _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans [F] wearing yesterday's
misfortunes [C] like a smile _
_ [F] Once he had a future full [C] of money love [Am] and dreams
[D] Which he spent like they was going out of [G] style
But [C] he keeps right on a-changing for the better or the worse
_ [F] Searching [G] for a shrine he'd [C] never found
_ [F] Never knowing if believing [C] is a blessing or a curse
[F] And if the going up [G] is worth the [C] coming [Dm] down
[Ebm] _ [C] [F] He's the poet
He's a picker.
[C] He's a prophet.
He's a pusher.
[G] He's a pilgrim and a priest
And a problem when [C] he's strong
[F] He's a walking contradiction
[C] partly truth and partly fiction
[G] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [C] back home
_ [D] _ _ _
He's tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bar
[G] Traded in tomorrow [D] for today _ _
[G] Running from his devil's [D] lord and reaching [Bm] for the star
[E] Losing all he loves [A] along the way
But if [D] the world keeps right on turning for the better or the worse and [G] all he ever gets [A] is older and [D] around
_ From [G] the rocking of the cradle
Till [D] the rolling of the hearse
[G] The going up [A] was worth the coming [D] down
[Em] _ [Dm] _ [D]
[G] He's the poet.
He's a liar.
[D] He's a prophet.
He's a dreamer
[A] He's a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when [D] he's strong
[G] He's a walking contradiction partly [D] truth mostly fiction
[A] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [D] back home _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _