I Am A Pilgrim    Composed by Merle Travis   Arranged by Chet Atkins Transcribed from the
RCA LP "Down Home";
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Note that Chet changes keys from E to A.

I only transcribed Chet's parts.  At measure 49 the mouth harp break begins.  I don't know how to transcribe that so I left it out and tried to blend Chet's parts together.

Measures 28 and 29:  Both of these measures are A harmony, but notice that Chet plays Measure 28 at the 9th position and Measure 29 in the 6th position.  If you keep your 4th finger on the 2nd string after making the B on the 12th fret and glide it down to the G.  Note that this is not a sounding slide, just a glide down the string to maintain your reference.  Chet talks about using this technique in several of his videos.  Classical guitarists also use this technique and call it a "Portamento".  

Measure 49:  Note that I omitted the mouth harp and sax parts.  So Chet's parts blend together I omitted the note on the 2nd beat.  It is identical to the note on the 3rd beat.  If you're lucky enough to find someone to play this tune with you, you may want to re-insert this note.

Measures 78 and 79:  Chet plays this little bass run highly mutely.  A really nice effect that although Chet didn't play on this recording is to play the E note on the first beat of Measure 79 as a natural harmonic.  It's the same tone, but gives sustained harmony against the rest of the measure.  When I play this arrangement I play it as a harmonic.    c          0x   %).38%).38Chet Atkins s r     c          0   %).38      Acoustic Guitar     c           0  5:?D 8      Bass                c b         0#!*"'/+4DDDDPercussion ss     001101110000=007:>899<>7F000P042S0/00000000000001EE1/1111010::::H<100001000000000000008V0000000Page &p / &n                                                                                                                    &c&2&t &c&6&s &r&3&m                                                                                                            &r&3&t - &3&s                                                                                                                   
