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Pilgrim (You Can’t Go Home)

  • gibsongirl
    • 45 posts
     
    September 23, 2015 10:27 AM PDT

    Pilgrim (You Can’t Go Home)

    Capo where you need it

        C             G            C           G             D                  C              G
    I won’t get drunk no more, no more; the old refrain it shines with use

                     C            G          C         G           D                          C       G
    While you sop your bread in barley wine and mop your floor in tobacco juice

                  C                                       G                
    So they kicked you out of paradise, grinned and locked the garden gate

                      C                                             Am                                  C            D   G

    What those devils called your greatest sin, Gabriel and I called your great escape

     

    Chorus:

    G                         C   G                                  D                              
    Where you gonna run, tell me where will you roam

                                  C                           G                            C                           G                
    When you can’t go home, (you can’t go home,) you can’t go home, (you can’t go home)

          C                  G/B       Am                
    Oh pilgrim, you can’t go home

     

    The gilded cage cannot contain the gypsies of the earth

    The poet and the tumbleweed discuss what rootlessness is worth

    And pity those who never felt inspiration’s cold wet nose

    And wakes you up out in the ditch where you’re tumbling round where the four winds blow

     

    Chorus

     

    The polaroids of Indio show desert flowers entwined

    Their nakedness has already been blasted by the sands of time

    But still you thought your sad Jane would wait for you till who knows when

    But that little girl’s got a new tattoo to let you know you can’t go home again

     

    Chorus

     

    So spin the wheel of St. Columba’s and ride his golden calf

    Climb up the silver strings of the mandolin till you can hear the angels laugh

    And if rock and roll is more your thing, go ahead and wear the badge

    Cause chaos needs another king, a pillar of smoke who don’t look back

     

    Chorus

     

    Now I’m dirty and torn, my tails hung out, a ship with tattered sails

    Been down and out, around the horn to chase the great white whale

    Across the night and across the day, I save my song for eternity

    Now here I find you gazing out of the window at St. James infirmary

     

    Chorus x2

     

    So keep rolling, rolling down that road that you’re on

    Keep rolling, rolling, rolling on

    Rolling on, rolling on, rolling on…

    Keep rolling, rolling down that road that you’re on

    Keep rolling, rolling, rolling on


    This post was edited by gibsongirl at September 25, 2015 4:24 PM PDT
  • JasonK
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    • 135 posts
     
    September 25, 2015 2:39 AM PDT

    Sorry Jane, but there's lots of mistakes here. See me after class.

  • JasonK
    • Moderator
    • 135 posts
     
    September 25, 2015 11:04 AM PDT

    Pilgrim (You can't Go Home)

    Dave Rawlings Machine

    Capo 2 Key

     

    I C won’t get G drunk no C more, no G more

    The D old refrain it C shines with G use

    While you C sop your G bread in C barley G wine

    And D mop you your floor in C tobacco G juice

     

    So they C kicked you out of paradise

    G Grinned and locked the garden gate

    What the C devils called your greatest sin

    Am Gabriel and I called your C great D escape

     

    Chorus

    G Where you gonna C run

    G Tell me where will you D roam

    When you can’t go C home, you can’t go G/B home

    You can’t go Am home, you can’t go G home

    Oh C pilgrim, you G/B can’t go Am home 

     

    The C gilded G cage canCnot conGtain

    The D gypsies of the C earth G

    The C poet G and the C tumbleGweed

    Discuss what D rootlessness is C worth G

     

    And C pity those who never felt

    InspiGration’s cold wet nose

    And C wakes you up out in the ditch

    Where Am you’re tumbling round

    Where the C four winds D blow

     

    Chorus   So where…

     

    The C polaGroid of C InGdio

    Show D desert flowers enCtwined G

    Their C nakedGness has C already G been

    D Blasted by the sands of C time G

     

    But C still you thought your sad Jane

    Would G wait for you till who knows when

    But that C little girl got a new tattoo

    To Am let you know you can’t go C home D again

     

    Chorus     And where…

    Instrumental CC D G C (x4)

     

    So C spin the G wheel of C Saint CoGlumba’s

    And D ride his golden C calf G

    Climb up the C silver G strings of the C mandoGlin

    Till you can D hear the angels C laugh G

    And if C rock and roll is more your thing

    G Go ahead and wear the badge

    Cause C chaos needs another king

    A Am pillar of smoke who C don’t look C back

     

    Chorus     So where…

     

    Now I’m C dirty and G torn

    My C tails hung G out, a D ship with tattered C sails G 

    Been C down and G out, aCround the G horn

    To D chase the great white C whale G

    ACcross the night and across the day

    I G save my song for eternity

    Now C here I find you gazing out

    Of the Am window at St. James C infirGmary

     

    Chorus (x2)     So where…

    Play Chorus chords     C  G/B  Am  G

    C So keep rolling, G/B rolling down

    That Am road that you’re G on

    C  Keeprolling, G/B rolling, rolling on

    Am Rolling on, rolling on, G rolling on…

     C  G/B  Am  G (x4)

    C Keep rolling, G/B rolling

    Down that Am road that you’re G on

    C Keep rolling, G/B rolling, rolling on Am


    This post was edited by JasonK at April 3, 2017 2:06 AM PDT