{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2475982,"song":"I Am A Pilgrim","artist":"Merle Travis","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11505084-i-am-a-pilgrim-chords-by-merle-travis/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2475982?type=chord","rating":4.94701,"votes":26,"content":"In the fourth line of each verse, there's a bass run between E and B7. The notes are:\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] \r\n\r\nplayed on the 6th and 5th strings. Using the first verse as an example, the run would start on \"good\" and end\r\non \"not\" (the first \"not\"). The final note of the run, the B, is played where the B7 is indicated in \r\nchart below.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI am a pilgrim and a stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A7[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTraveling through this wearisome land[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd it's not (good Lordy it's not) not made by hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got a mother, a sister and a brother[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWho have gone to that sweet home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd I am determined to go and see them, good Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOver on (good Lordy over on) that distant shore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAs I go down to that river Jordan[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJust to bathe my weary soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIf I could touch but just the hem of His garment, good Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]B7[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI believe (good Lordy I believe) that it would make me whole[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow when I'm dead, laying in my coffin[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll of my friends all gather round[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThey can say that he's just laying there sleeping, good Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSweet peace (Lordy sweet peace) his soul is found[/tab]","plain_text":"In the fourth line of each verse, there's a bass run between E and B7. The notes are:\n\nE G# A B \n\nplayed on the 6th and 5th strings. Using the first verse as an example, the run would start on \"good\" and end\non \"not\" (the first \"not\"). The final note of the run, the B, is played where the B7 is indicated in \nchart below.\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["E","B7","G#","A","B","A7","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}