Chords for THE PILGRIM, CHAPTER 33 - Kris Kristofferson

[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 Rambo and Jack Elliott had a lot to do with it.
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 [G] of money, love, [Em] and dreams.
[A] which he spent like they was golden [D] out of style.
And [G] he keeps right on the change.
For the better or the worse.
[C] Searching [D] for a shrine he's never [G] found .
[C] Never knowing if believing [G] is a blessing or a curse.
[C] If the going up [D] was worth the [G] coming down .
[C] He's a poet, he's a picker.
[G] He's a prophet, he's a pusher.
[D] He's a pilgrim and a preacher.
And a problem when [G] he's stoned.
[C] He's a walking contradiction.
[G] Partly truth and partly fiction.
[D] Taking every wrong direction.
On his lonely way [G] back home.
He [A] has tasted good and evil.
In your bedrooms and your bars.
And [D] he's trading in tomorrow [A] for today.
[D] Running from his devil's [A] lord.
Reaching for [F#m] the stars.
[B] Losing all the love [E] along the way.
But if [A] this world keeps right on turning.
For the better or the worse.
And [D] all he ever [E] gets is older [A] and around.
From [D] the rocking of the cradle.
To [A] the rolling of the hearse.
[D] The going up [E] was worth the [A] coming down.
[D] He's a poet, he's a picker.
He's [A] a prophet, he's a pusher.
[E] He's a pilgrim and a preacher.
And a problem when [A] he's stoned.
He's [D] a walking contradiction.
[A] Partly truth and partly fiction.
[E] Taking every wrong direction.
On his lonely way [A] back home .
[E] There's a lot of wrong directions.
[A] .