Merle Travis - I am a pilgrim
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Tuning: E A D G B E
In the fourth line of each verse, there's a bass run between E and B7. The notes are:
E G# A B
played on the 6th and 5th strings. Using the first verse as an example, the run would start on "good" and end
on "not" (the first "not"). The final note of the run, the B, is played where the B7 is indicated in
chart below.
[Verse 1]
EI am a B7pilgrim and a Estranger
Traveling A7through this wearisome lEand
And I've got a home inE7 that yonder A7city, good Lord
And it's Enot (good Lordy it's B7not) not made by Ehand
[Verse 2]
EI got a B7mother, a sister and a Ebrother
Who have A7gone to that sweet Ehome
And I am determined to E7go and A7see them, good Lord
Over Eon (good Lordy over B7on) that distant Eshore
[Verse 3]
EAs I go B7down to that river EJordan
Just to A7bathe my weary Esoul
If I could touch E7but just the A7hem of His garment, good Lord
I beElieve (good Lordy I belB7ieve) that it would make me Ewhole
[Verse 4]
ENow when I'm B7dead, laying in my Ecoffin
All of my A7friends all gather Eround
They can say that E7he's just A7laying there sleeping, good Lord
Sweet Epeace (Lordy sweet B7peace) his soul is Efound