Jesse Welles – Pilgrim String Version (Guitar)

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PILGRIM As recorded by Jesse Welles (2025 release) This is for the just released version with a string trio. [Intro] A G A [Verse 1]
A               A/G
Dreams like a kaleidoscope

       D/F#             Dm/F
Life's just some shitty list I wrote

   A                A/G
Of everything I've ever broke

  D/F#        Dm/F
A circus of debris

   A            A/G
Of every jagged word I've spoke

D/F#      Dm/F
Every cigarette I've smoked

   A             A/G
If ever you were told to don't

      D                 F G C
Don't ever change a thing
[Chorus]
         D                  A
Floating down the stream of time

C           D                A
 Teach this pilgrim make him shine

C         D
 Floating down the stream

C          D
 What's it gonna be

C          D               A
 You can't take what isn't mine
[Interlude] G A D/F# F G A G D/F# G [Verse 2]
    A                   A/G
The flood that comes in all my dreams

    D/F#       Dm/F
The tsunami of memories

A                       A/G
Take me where they'll bury me

  D/F#               Dm/F
Acquaint me with the stones

    A               A/G
For every brick and every beam

  D/F#                Dm/F
A slave will work and sweat and bleed

       A            A/G
And an architect collects his fee

    D/F#                 F G C
All floods do run to home
[Chorus]
         D                  A
Floating down the stream of time

C           D                A
 Teach this pilgrim make him shine

C         D
 Floating down the stream

C          D
 What's it gonna be

C          D              A
 Teach the pilgrim how to die
[Interlude] G A D/F# F G A G D F E G A G A [Verse 3]
A                 A/G
Before the sun completes its arch

    D/F#                Dm/F
And leaves us wintering in dark

           A
Is there a language here

        A/G
Or just strange marks

     D/F#            Dm/F
Some alphabet of souls

     A                A/G
Some memories whisper low remarks

D/F#         F
Others never ceasing bark

     A               A/G
Like dogs in some sunless park

   D/F#            F G C
Forever digging holes
[Chorus]
         D                  A
Floating down the steam of time

C           D                A
 Teach this pilgrim make him shine

C         D
 Floating down the stream

C          D
 What's it gonna be

C           D               A
  You can't take what isn't mine
[Interlude] G A D/F# F G A G D/F# G [Verse 4]
    A                  A/G
The day will come when I awake

        D/F#                  Dm/F
And the cold wind of the dawn will say

A                   A/G
I don't care if you go or stay

     D/F#                 Dm/F
Just don't forget your soul

A           A/G
Vanity like leaden plates

   D/F#              Dm/F
Protect me from what radiates

  A          A/G
Realities dishonest weight

     D/F               F G C
Pass through me and go on
[Chorus]
         D                  A
Floating down the stream of time

C           D                A
 Teach this pilgrim make him shine

C         D
 Floating down the stream

C          D
 What's it gonna be

C           D              A
 Teach this pilgrim how to die
[Outro] G D/F# F G A G D G A G A