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[This is the live version played by Eric Clapton in Yokohama (Japan), 24 November 1999]
INTRO = VERSE
VERSE
F/AAnd how do I choose and whAmere do I draw the line
F/ABetween truth and necessarAmy pain?
F/AAnd how do I know and wherAme do I get my belief
F/AThat things will be all riAmght again?
F/AWhat words do I use to try Amand explain
F/ATo those who've witnessed Amall my tears?
F/AAnd what does it mean to kAmnow all these things
F/AWhen love's been wasted alAml these years,
Dm7When loveEm's been Amwasted alAml these years.
CHORUS
CStanding in thFe shadows
Dm7With my heart G7right in my hand,
CRemoved from aAmll the people
Dm7Who could neveG7r understand.
BRIDGE
F/AI was a pilgrim for your lAmove,
F/AA pilgrim for your love.Am  
F/AI was a pilgrim for your lAmove,
F/AA pilgrim for your love.Am  
VERSE
F/AIt's like living in a nighAmtmare,
F/ALike looking in the blackeAmst hole,
F/ALike standing on the edge Amof nothing,
F/ACompletly out of control.Am  
F/ANow where have I been all Amthese years
F/AAnd how come I just couldnAm't see?
F/ALike a blind man walking 'Amround in darkness,
F/AI was a pilgrim for your lAmove,
Dm7I was a pEmilgrim fAmor your lAmove.
CHORUS
CStanding in thFe shadows
Dm7With my heart G7right in my hand,
CRemoved from aAmll the people
Dm7Who could neveG7r understand.
CStanding in thFe shadows
Dm7With my heart G7right in my hand,
CRemoved from aAmll the people
Dm7Who could neveG7r understand.
BRIDGE
F/AI was a pilgrim for your lAmove,
F/AA pilgrim for your love.Am  
F/AI was a pilgrim for your lAmove,
F/AA pilgrim for your love.Am  
F/AI was a pilgrim for your lAmove,
F/AA pilgrim for your love.Am  
F/AI was a pilgrim for your lAmove,
F/AA pilgrim for your love.Am  
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The story behind the song

"Pilgrim" emerged from a jam session that evoked a deeply personal atmosphere for Eric Clapton, prompting words to flow from "circumstances that had been happening for the past few years." He described it as a non-judgmental song that gently reflects on actual events in his life. The composition, co-written with Simon Climie for Clapton's 1998 album Pilgrim, also deliberately borrows from Curtis Mayfield as a way of acknowledging inspiration. It's a song that speaks to a gentle unfolding of personal experience.

AI-written from these sources:Pilgrim (Eric Clapton song) — Wikipedia ↗Eric Clapton — Wikipedia ↗

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