Pilgrims
Van Der Graaf GeneratorVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Esus4
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--3------5-------9---|
--5------7-------9---|
--6------8-------7---|
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Verse Line 6 example:
Dsus4
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--3----------------------1----------3----3-------3--|
--4----------------------2----------3----2----------|
--5----------------------3----------5----0----------|
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Bridge voicing examples:
Adim
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--7----6----5--| --10----9-----8--|
--6----5----4--| --8-----8-----7--|
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Chorus Line 2 example:
Eb
--4--------------4--------4---3--|
--4--------------4--------3---4--|
--5--------------5--------3---3--|
--6--------------3--------3---5--|
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Sometimes you feel so far away,
distanced from all the action of the play,
unable to grasp significance,
marking the plot with diffident dismay,
stranded at centre stage,
scrabbling through your diary for a lost page:
unsure of the dream.
Kicking a stone across the beach,
aching for love and comfort out of reach;
the way ahead seems to be so bleak,
there's no-one with any friendship left to speak
or show any relation
between your present and future situations...
lost to the dream.
Away, away, away - look to the future day
for hope, some form of peace
within the growing storm.
I climb through the evening, alive and believing
in time we shall all know our goals and so, finally, home;
for now, all is secret - though how could I speak it,
allow me the dream in my eye!
I've been waiting for such a long time
just to see it at last,
all of the hands tightly clasped,
all of us pilgrims.
Walking in silence down the coast,
merely to journey, here hope is the most,
merely to know there is an end;
all of us, lovers, brothers, sisters, friends
hand in hand....
Shining footprints on the wet sand
lead to the dream.
The time has come, the tide has almost run
and drained the deep:
I rise from lifelong sleep.
It seems such a long time I've dreamed -
now, awake, I can see
we are pilgrims and so must walk this road,
unknown in our purpose, alone, but not worthless,
and home ever calling us on.
We've been waiting here for so long,
all of our hands joined in hope,
holding the weight on the rope -
all of us Pilgrims.
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Readable chord sheet for Pilgrims by Van Der Graaf Generator
[Ebmaj7] [Fmaj7] [Esus4] ---------------------| --3------5-------10--| --3------5-------9---| --5------7-------9---| --6------8-------7---| ---------------------| Verse Line 6 example: [G] [Fmaj7] [Gm] [D] [Dsus4] --3----------------------0----------3----2-2h3h2----| --3----------------------1----------3----3-------3--| --4----------------------2----------3----2----------| --5----------------------3----------5----0----------| ----------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------| Bridge voicing examples: [Bb7] [Bbdim] [Adim] [Bb7] [Bbdim] [Adim] ---------------| --10----9-----8--| ---------------| --9-----8-----7--| --7----6----5--| --10----9-----8--| --6----5----4--| --8-----8-----7--| ---------------| -----------------| --6----6----5--| -----------------| Chorus Line 2 example: [Ab] [Fm] [Bb7] [Eb] --4--------------4--------4---3--| --4--------------4--------3---4--| --5--------------5--------3---3--| --6--------------3--------3---5--| ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| [Ebmaj7] [Fmaj7] [Esus4] S[Eb]ometimes you feel so far away, d[D]istanced from all the action of the play, u[Eb]nable to grasp significance, m[D]arking the plot with diffident dismay, s[Ebmaj7]tranded at ce[Fmaj7]ntre sta[Esus4]ge, s[G]crabbling through your di[Fmaj7]ary for a los[Gm]t page[D]: [Dsus4] u[Ebmaj7]nsure of[Fmaj7] the dre[Esus4]am. K[Eb]icking a stone across the beach, a[D]ching for love and comfort out of reach; t[Eb]he way ahead seems to be so bleak, t[D]here's no-one with any friendship left to speak o[Ebmaj7]r show a[Fmaj7]ny rela[Esus4]tion b[Gm]etween your p[Fmaj7]resent an[Gm]d futu[D]re [Dsus4]situations... l[Ebmaj7]ost to t[Fmaj7]he drea[Esus4]m. A[Bb7]way, aw[Bbdim]ay, awa[Adim]y - look[F#] to the futur[Ab7]e day [Bb] f[Bb7]or hope, some fo[Bbdim]rm of pea[Adim]ce w[F#]ithin the gr[Ab7]owing sto[Bb]rm. I[Ab] climb through the ev[Gm]ening, ali[Ab]ve and believi[Gm]ng i[Ab]n time we shall al[Fm]l know our[Bb7] goal[Eb]s and so, finally, hom[Bb]e; f[Ab]or now, all is sec[Gm]ret - tho[Ab]ugh how could I spea[Gm]k it, a[Ab]llow me the dr[Fm]eam in my [Bb7]eye! [Eb] I[Bb]'ve been waiting for such [Ab]a long time j[F#]ust t[Ab]o see i[Bb]t at last, a[F#]ll of t[Ab]he hands [Bb]tightly clasped, a[F#]ll o[Ab]f us pilgrims. W[Eb]alking in silence down the coast, m[D]erely to journey, here hope is the most, m[Eb]erely to know there is an end; a[D]ll of us, lovers, brothers, sisters, friends h[Ebmaj7]and in h[Fmaj7]and.... [Esus4] S[Gm]hining fo[Fmaj7]otprints on the wet[Gm] sand [D] [Dsus4] l[Ebmaj7]ead to t[Fmaj7]he dream[Esus4]. T[Bb7]he time has co[Bbdim]me, the tid[Adim]e has almo[F#]st ru[Ab7]n [Bb] a[Bb7]nd drained th[Bbdim]e deep: I[Adim] rise from l[F#]ifelo[Ab7]ng sl[Bb]eep. I[Ab]t seems such a lo[Gm]ng time I've drea[Ab]med - n[Gm]ow, awake, I c[Ab]an see w[Fm]e are pilg[Bb7]rims [Eb]and so must walk th[Bb]is road, u[Ab]nknown in our [Gm]purpose,[Ab] alone, but not [Gm]worthless, a[Ab]nd home ever ca[Fm]lling us [Bb7]on. [Eb] W[Bb]e've been waiting her[Ab]e for so long, a[F#]ll of o[Ab]ur hands jo[Bb]ined in hope, h[F#]olding t[Ab]he weigh[Bb]t on the rope - a[F#]ll o[Ab]f us Pilgrims.