Pilgrim
By Jesse Welles
Intro
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Verse 1
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Dreams like a kal
A/G
eidoscope
Life's
D/F#
just some shitty
Dm
list I wrote
Of
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everything I've
A/G
ever broke
A
D
circus of debris
F
Of
A
every jagged
A/G
word I've spoke
D/F#
Every cigarette
Dm
I've smoked
If
A
ever you were
A/G
told to
A/G
Don't
Don't
D/F#
ever change a thing
Dm
C
Chorus 1
Floating
D
down the stream of
A
time
C
Teach this
D
pilgrim how to
A
shine
C
Floating
D/F#
down the stream
C
What's it
D
gonna be
C
You can't
D
take what isn't
A
mine
Interlude 1
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Oooo-oh
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Verse 2
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The flood that comes in
A/G
all my dreams
D
Tsunami of memories
A
Take me where they'll
A/G
bury me
Ac
D
quaint me with the sto
F
nes
For
A
every brick and
A/G
every beam
A
D
slave will work and
Dm
sweat and bleed
And an
A
architect collects
A/G
his fee
All
D/F#
floods do run to
Dm
home
C
Chorus 2
Floating
D
down the streams of
A
time
C
You can't
D
take what isn't
A
mine
C
Floating
D/F#
down the stream
C
What's it
D
gonna be
C
Teach this
D
pilgrim how to
A
die
Interlude 2
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D
C
D/F#
C
Oooh-oh
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Verse 3
Be
A
fore the sun comp
A/G
letes its arch
And
D/F#
leaves us wintering
Dm
in dark
Is there a
A
language here
Or just
A/G
strange marks
Some
D/F#
alphabet of
Dm
souls
A
Some memories whisper
A/G
low remarks
D/F#
Others never
Dm
ceasing bark
Like
A
dogs in some
A/G
sunless park
For
D
ever digging
F
holes
Chorus 3
Floating
D
down the streams of
A
time
C
Teach this
D
pilgrim make him
A
shine
C
Floating
D/F#
down the stream
C
What's it
D
gonna be
C
Teach this
D
pilgrim how to
A
die
Interlude 1 *
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Oooo-oh
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Verse 4
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The time will come when I a
A/G
wake
And the
D
cold wind of the dawn
F
will say
I
A
don't care if you go
A/G
or stay
Just
D/F#
don't forget your soul
Dm
A
Vanity like lead
A/G
en plates
Pro
D/F#
tect me from what
Dm
radiates
A
Realities dis
A/G
honest weight
Pass
D/F#
through me and go
Dm
on
Chorus 2 *
Floating
D
down the streams of
A
time
C
You can't
D
take what isn't
A
mine
C
Floating
D/F#
down the stream
C
What's it
D
gonna be
C
Teach this
D
pilgrim how to
A
die
Outro
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