Pilgrims

Van der Graaf Generator - Pilgrims 
from the album Still Life (1976).
Updated by Cory 

 

Intro example:
 
 Ebmaj7  
 Fmaj7   
 Esus4
---------------------|
--3------5-------10--|
--3------5-------9---|
--5------7-------9---|
--6------8-------7---|
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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----------|
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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--|
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Intro:

 Ebmaj7  
 Fmaj7  
 Esus4


Verse 1:

 Eb
Sometimes you feel so far away,
                                        
 D
distanced from all the action of the play,

 Eb
unable to grasp significance,
                                    
 D
marking the plot with diffident dismay,

 Ebmaj7      
 Fmaj7  
 Esus4
stranded at centre stage,

 G                       
 Fmaj7       
 Gm   
 D 
 Dsus4  
scrabbling through your diary for a lost page:

 Ebmaj7 
 Fmaj7  
 Esus4
unsure of the dream.


Verse 2:

 Eb
Kicking a stone across the beach,
				    
 D
aching for love and comfort out of reach;

 Eb
the way ahead seems to be so bleak,
				           
 D
there's no-one with any friendship left to speak

 Ebmaj7 
 Fmaj7 
 Esus4
or show any relation
             
 Gm          
 Fmaj7   
 Gm   
 D 
 Dsus4
between your present and future situations...

 Ebmaj7 
 Fmaj7 
 Esus4
lost to the dream.


Bridge:

 Bb7     
 Bbdim  
 Adim   
 F#          
 Ab7    
 Bb 
Away,   away,  away - look to the future day

 Bb7            
 Bbdim   
 Adim 
for hope, some form of peace

 F#         
 Ab7     
 Bb
within the growing storm.


Chorus:

 Ab                  
 Gm       
 Ab           
 Gm
I climb through the evening, alive and believing

 Ab               
 Fm       
 Bb7 
 Eb                   
 Bb
in time we shall all know our goals and so, finally, home;

 Ab               
 Gm      
 Ab                 
 Gm
for now, all is secret - though how could I speak it,

 Ab           
 Fm       
 Bb7 
 Eb
allow me the dream in my eye!
          
 Bb                       
 Ab
I've been waiting for such a long time
        
 F#  
 Ab    
 Bb
just to see it at last, 
           
 F#    
 Ab      
 Bb
all of the hands tightly clasped,

          
 F# 
 Ab
all of us pilgrims.


Verse 3:

 Eb
Walking in silence down the coast,
                                     
 D
merely to journey, here hope is the most,

 Eb
merely to know there is an end;
					
 D
all of us, lovers, brothers, sisters, friends

 Ebmaj7 
 Fmaj7  
 Esus4
hand in hand....

 Gm      
 Fmaj7             
 Gm   
 D 
 Dsus4
Shining footprints on the wet sand

 Ebmaj7 
 Fmaj7  
 Esus4
lead to the dream.


Bridge 2:

 Bb7          
 Bbdim     
 Adim     
 F#  
 Ab7 
 Bb 
The time has come, the tide has almost run   
    
 Bb7         
 Bbdim
and drained the deep: 
  
 Adim       
 F#  
 Ab7 
 Bb
I rise from lifelong sleep.


Chorus 2:

 Ab              
 Gm              
 Ab
It seems such a long time I've dreamed -
     
 Gm           
 Ab
now, awake, I can see
       
 Fm       
 Bb7 
 Eb                
 Bb
we are pilgrims and so must walk this road,
  
 Ab           
 Gm	
 Ab             
 Gm	 
unknown in our purpose, alone, but not worthless,

 Ab            
 Fm      
 Bb7 
 Eb
and home ever calling us on.
           
 Bb                  
 Ab
We've been waiting here for so long,

           
 F#    
 Ab        
 Bb
all of our hands joined in hope,
            
 F#     
 Ab     
 Bb
holding the weight on the rope - 
          
 F# 
 Ab
all of us Pilgrims.


Sax solo over Chorus chords till end.