Chords for The Pilgrim - Chapter 33
Tempo:
83.6 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
G
C
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I started writing this song about Chris Gantry,
ended up writing about Dennis Hopper, Johnny Cash, Norman
Norbert, Funky Donnie Fritt, Billy Swan, Bobby Newarth,
Jerry Jeff Walker, and Paul Sebel,
and Ramblin' Jack Elliott had a lot to do with it.
[G] See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,
wearing [C] yesterday's misfortunes like [G] a smile.
[C] Once he had a future full of money, love, [Em] and dreams,
[A] which he spent like they was going [D] out of style.
[G] And he keeps right on a change, for the better or the worse,
[C] searching [D] for a shrine he's never [G] found,
never [C] knowing if believing [G] is a blessing or a curse,
[C] or if a going up [D] was worth a [G] coming down.
[C] He's 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.
[C] He's a walking contradiction, [G] part of the truth
and part of the fiction.
[D] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [G] back home.
[A] He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars,
[D] and he's trading in tomorrow [A] for today,
[D] running from his devil's [A] lord and reaching [F#m] for the stars,
[B] losing all the love [E] along the way.
But [A] if this world keeps right on turning,
for the better or the worse, and [D] all he ever
[E] gets is older [A] and around, [D] from the rocking of the cradle
[A] to the rolling of the [D] hearse, the going [E] up
was worth [A] coming down.
[D] He's a poet, and he's a picker.
[A] He's a prophet, and he's a pusher.
[E] He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when [A] he's stoned.
[D] He's a walking contradiction, [A] part of the truth
and part of the fiction.
[E] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [A] back home.
[E] There's a lot of wrong directions on that lonely way.
[A]
ended up writing about Dennis Hopper, Johnny Cash, Norman
Norbert, Funky Donnie Fritt, Billy Swan, Bobby Newarth,
Jerry Jeff Walker, and Paul Sebel,
and Ramblin' Jack Elliott had a lot to do with it.
[G] See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,
wearing [C] yesterday's misfortunes like [G] a smile.
[C] Once he had a future full of money, love, [Em] and dreams,
[A] which he spent like they was going [D] out of style.
[G] And he keeps right on a change, for the better or the worse,
[C] searching [D] for a shrine he's never [G] found,
never [C] knowing if believing [G] is a blessing or a curse,
[C] or if a going up [D] was worth a [G] coming down.
[C] He's 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.
[C] He's a walking contradiction, [G] part of the truth
and part of the fiction.
[D] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [G] back home.
[A] He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars,
[D] and he's trading in tomorrow [A] for today,
[D] running from his devil's [A] lord and reaching [F#m] for the stars,
[B] losing all the love [E] along the way.
But [A] if this world keeps right on turning,
for the better or the worse, and [D] all he ever
[E] gets is older [A] and around, [D] from the rocking of the cradle
[A] to the rolling of the [D] hearse, the going [E] up
was worth [A] coming down.
[D] He's a poet, and he's a picker.
[A] He's a prophet, and he's a pusher.
[E] He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when [A] he's stoned.
[D] He's a walking contradiction, [A] part of the truth
and part of the fiction.
[E] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [A] back home.
[E] There's a lot of wrong directions on that lonely way.
[A]
Key:
A
D
G
C
E
A
D
G
_ _ _ I started writing this song about Chris Gantry,
ended up writing about Dennis Hopper, Johnny Cash, _ _ _ Norman
Norbert, Funky Donnie Fritt, Billy Swan, Bobby Newarth,
Jerry Jeff Walker, and Paul Sebel,
_ _ and Ramblin' Jack Elliott had a lot to do with it. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,
wearing [C] yesterday's misfortunes like [G] a smile. _
[C] Once he had a future full of money, love, [Em] and dreams,
[A] which he spent like they was going [D] out of style. _
[G] And he keeps right on a change, for the better or the worse,
[C] searching [D] for a shrine he's never [G] found,
_ never [C] knowing if believing [G] is a blessing or a curse,
[C] or if a going up [D] was worth a [G] coming down. _ _
[C] He's 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.
[C] He's a walking contradiction, [G] part of the truth
and part of the fiction.
[D] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [G] back home.
_ _ [A] _ _ He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars,
[D] and he's trading in tomorrow [A] for today,
_ _ _ [D] running from his devil's [A] lord and reaching [F#m] for the stars,
[B] losing all the love [E] along the way.
But [A] if this world keeps right on turning,
for the better or the worse, and [D] all he ever
[E] gets is older [A] and around, _ [D] from the rocking of the cradle
[A] to the rolling of the [D] hearse, the going [E] up
was worth [A] coming down.
_ [D] He's a poet, and he's a picker.
[A] He's a prophet, and he's a pusher.
[E] He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when [A] he's stoned.
[D] He's a walking contradiction, [A] part of the truth
and part of the fiction.
[E] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [A] back home. _ _
[E] There's a lot of wrong directions on that lonely way.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ended up writing about Dennis Hopper, Johnny Cash, _ _ _ Norman
Norbert, Funky Donnie Fritt, Billy Swan, Bobby Newarth,
Jerry Jeff Walker, and Paul Sebel,
_ _ and Ramblin' Jack Elliott had a lot to do with it. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,
wearing [C] yesterday's misfortunes like [G] a smile. _
[C] Once he had a future full of money, love, [Em] and dreams,
[A] which he spent like they was going [D] out of style. _
[G] And he keeps right on a change, for the better or the worse,
[C] searching [D] for a shrine he's never [G] found,
_ never [C] knowing if believing [G] is a blessing or a curse,
[C] or if a going up [D] was worth a [G] coming down. _ _
[C] He's 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.
[C] He's a walking contradiction, [G] part of the truth
and part of the fiction.
[D] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [G] back home.
_ _ [A] _ _ He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars,
[D] and he's trading in tomorrow [A] for today,
_ _ _ [D] running from his devil's [A] lord and reaching [F#m] for the stars,
[B] losing all the love [E] along the way.
But [A] if this world keeps right on turning,
for the better or the worse, and [D] all he ever
[E] gets is older [A] and around, _ [D] from the rocking of the cradle
[A] to the rolling of the [D] hearse, the going [E] up
was worth [A] coming down.
_ [D] He's a poet, and he's a picker.
[A] He's a prophet, and he's a pusher.
[E] He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when [A] he's stoned.
[D] He's a walking contradiction, [A] part of the truth
and part of the fiction.
[E] Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way [A] back home. _ _
[E] There's a lot of wrong directions on that lonely way.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _