The Pilgrim, Chapter 33 Chords by Kris Kristofferson

_ _ _ I started writing this song about Chris Gantry,
ended up writing about Dennis Hopper and Johnny Cash, _
_ _ Norman Norbert, Funky Donnie Fritt, Billy Swan,
Bobby Neuwerth, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Paul Sebo, _
_ _ and Ramblin' Jack Elliot had a lot to do with it. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ See him wasted on the sidewalk
In his jacket and his jeans
[C] Wearing yesterday's [G] misfortunes like a smile
_ _ [C] Once he had a future [G] full of money, love, and dreams
[A] Which he spent like they was golden [D] out of style
_ [G] And he keeps right on a-changin'
For the better or the worse
[C] Searchin' [D] for a shrine he's never [G] found
_ Never [C] knowing if believing is [G] a blessing or a curse
For [C] if a-goin' up [D] was worth a-comin' [G] down
_ He's [C] a poet and he's a picker
[G] He's a prophet and he's a pusher
[D] He's a pilgrim and a preacher
And a problem [G] when he's stoned
He's a [C] walking contradiction
Partly truth and partly fiction
[D] Takin' every wrong direction
On his lonely way [G] back home
_ _ [A] _
_ He has tasted good and evil
In your bedrooms and your bars
And [D] he's trading in tomorrow [A] for today
_ _ [D] Runnin' from his devil's [A] lord
Reaching [F#m] for the stars
[B] Losing all his love [E] along the way
But [A] if this world keeps right on turnin'
For the better or the worse
[D] All he ever [E] gets is older [A] and around _
From [D] the rockin' of the cradle
To [A] the rollin' of the hearse
[D] To goin' up [E] was worth a-comin' [A] down _
[D] He's a poet and he's a picker
[A] He's a prophet and he's a pusher
He's a [E] pilgrim and a preacher
And a [Bm] problem when [A] he's stoned
[D] He's a walking contradiction
[A] Partly truth and partly fiction
[E] Takin' every wrong direction
On his lonely [A] way back home
_ [E] _ There's a lot of wrong directions on that lonely way
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _