The Shins - Young Pilgrims

Acoustic cover of the Shins song 'Young Pilgrims' from the lovely album 'Chutes too narrow'. I had to sing the verse an octave lower.
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The basic chords

Verse:
D, D, Bb, G
D, D, Bb, C
D, D, F, F, A7, A7
(once it is D, D, F, F, C, C, A7, A7 instead)

Refrain:
G, G, D, D, A, A, D, D
G, G, D, D, F, F, A, A

Bridge:
Bm, Bm, Bm, Bm, D, D, D, D
G, G, A, G, A, A, A, A

The picking pattern starts with:
p+m, i, a, m, i.
(Sorry but I haven't written it down anywhere completely)
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The lyrics

Verse:
A cold and wet November dawn
and there are no barking sparrows
just emptiness to dwell upon.

I fell into a winter slide
and ended up the kind of kid who goes down chutes too narrow
just eking out my measly pies.

Refrain:
But I learned fast how to keep my head up 'cause I
know there is this side of me that
wants to grab the yoke from the pilot and just
fly the whole mess into the sea.

Another slow train to the coast
some brand new gory art from way on high
I sink and then I swim all night.

I watch the ice melt on the glass
while the eloquent young pilgrims pass
and leave behind their trail
imploring us all not to fail.

Of course I was raised to gather courage from those
lofty tales so tried and true and
if you're able I'd suggest it 'cause this
modern thought can get the best of you.

Bridge:
This rather simple epitaph can save your hide your falling mind
fate isn't what we're up against there's no design no flaws to find
there's no design no flaws to find.

But I learned fast how to keep my head up 'cause I
know I got this side of me that
wants to grab the yoke from the pilot and just
fly the whole mess into the sea.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Shins
• Young
• Pilgrims
• Chutes
• Narrow
• acoustic
• guitar
• cover

[thomasditomasso]

Hi! I really like your copy of the song, it's quite the same. As I'm dying to play this song as well, would you please help me by writing a tab for the first 7 seconds ( one verse? )

Thanks!

[tobasi]

@thomasditomasso: No sorry I recorded this some years ago and I did not write any tabs down. If you want to write the tabs you'll have to do it by yourself starting from the chords I put in the description box. Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any particular problem.

[FreakConspiracy]

Ich glaube, wenn du im Refrain auch gezupft hättest wäre das Lied noch besser geworden. Gefällt mir aber auch so sehr gut! Du hast echt Talent!!!

[tobasi]

Danke, zupfen und singen gleichzeitig ist eben nicht so leicht.

[JJDarklink]

i'm digging the low vocals. the guitar is solid. good job man. and the british accent is pretty cool too.

[tobasi]

Thank you. Actually it is a German accent but I do listen to a lot of British music.

[moviscop]

i like your voice actually. the chorus is way to progressive though, sounds like a nursery rhyme.

[TalentScout910234]

nice guitar'in. and man ur voice ant to bad either u jus look like u need 2 relax

[foopLpoof]

I'm frightened.

[00Mandingo00]

nice work. Can't even hear your accent.

[baidggg]

nice

[josephbradleycooper]

Nowemblerdonnn

[josephbradleycooper]

There's literally not enough thumbs in the world for me to like this appropriately!

Totally forgot how fantastic this video is! Haha.

[johnnythewonderfly]

Nowember

[GasCan115]

please keep your face out of the video next time

[NrdsGonWildNewsCrew]

LOL u make really weird faces