I Am A Pilgrim
Slim Whitman
Written by Merle Travis
Key of D · Chords: I IV V
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongVerse 1
G D7 G I’m a pilgrim and I’m a stranger D7 G I can tarry I can tarry but a night D7 G Do not detain me for I am going A7 D7 To where the fountain that are ever flowing
Verse 2
G D7 I’m a pilgrim and I’m a stranger G I can tarry I can tarry but a night D7 I’m a pilgrim and I’m a stranger G I can tarry I can tarry but a night
Verse 3
D7 G I love that city to which I journey D7 G My redeemer my redeemer which is the light D7 G There is no sorrow nor any signing A7 D7 Nor any tears there nor any dying
Verse 2
G D7 I’m a pilgrim and I’m a stranger G I can tarry I can tarry but a night D7 I’m a pilgrim and I’m a stranger G I can tarry I can tarry but a night
Verse 4
D7 G There the sunbeams are ever shining D7 G On my longing heart my longing heart up there D7 G Here in this country so dark and dreary A7 D7 Long I’ve wandered for long and weary
Verse 2
G D7 I’m a pilgrim and I’m a stranger G I can tarry I can tarry but a night D7 I’m a pilgrim and I’m a stranger G I can tarry I can tarry but a night
Verse 5
D7 G
I can tarry I can tarry but a night