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by Sam Roberts


The Pilgrim
Artist: Sam Roberts
Album: Love at the End of the World
Chorded by: Pete Daley

Capo 2

          
I'm a pilgrim like you
                   
I was only passing through

You'll never know my name
                            
You'll never walk in my shoes

I've been no use to my friends
                    
I've been no use to myself
                                          
Now I'm looking for proof that I ain't someone else

                            
I was too afraid to read the newspaper
                            
Working in the basement of a skyscraper
                                          
That's why I roll and you'll never know my name
   
Oh no


                                                
I'm not here to feel the bones of some forgotten saint
                                       
I know who I am, and I know who you ain't
                                  
Spent fifteen days in solitary confinement
                     
Digging a hole in the wall
                                        
There's no escape, they said you need realignment
                                               
Now you're praying for help but they don't hear you call



                            
I was too afraid to read the newspaper
                            
Working in the basement of a skyscraper
                                          
That's why I roll and you'll never know my name
   
Oh no


Chorus
                   
Destination, I don't care
                             
I know I'll get there when I'm there
                             
There's only one thing on my mind
                                            
I've got more troubles than a diamond's got shine


                                                   
My shoes have kicked up dust from here to somewhere else
                                          
Is this wanderlust or running from myself?
                                               
My neck was in the noose, but now I've been cut loose
                                
And put out to graze in delicate pastures
                                    
Now I'm waiting for someone to put me to use


                             
I hope it's clear as crystal
                     
That the man with the pistol
                  
Is calling all the shots these days
                            
Now I'll be on my way, oh
                              
The self-fulfilling prophets

They been lining their pockets
                   
And telling me that it's alright
                 
But I just don't buy it
   
Oh no


                    
Destination, I don't care
                             
I know I'll get there when I'm there
                             
There's only one thing on my mind
                                            
I've got more troubles than a diamond's got shine

                    
Destination, I don't care
                             
I know I'll get there when I'm there
                             
There's only one thing on my mind
                                            
I've got more troubles than a diamond's got shine