Jackson Browne - Song For Adam Chords

[Intro]

Am F Am F

Am                G                  F
Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him well
        C    G         Am       G
He was alone in his existence
        F
He was deep into his well
        C          G       Am          G
I could guess what he was laughing at,
       F
But I couldn't really tell
         C       G        Am         G
Now the story's told that Adam jumped,
                F              Am     G
But I've been thinking that he fell

[Verse 2]
Am                G            F
Together we went traveling, as we received the call
    C     G     Am     G
His destination India,
    F
And I had none at all
         C     G        Am     G        F
Well, I still remember laughing with our backs against the wall
    C      G         Am         G      F                Am G
So free of fear, we never thought that one of us might fall

[Chorus 1]
F                    C
I sit before my only candle,
        F                           C
But it's so little light to find my way
          F                       Am
Now this story unfolds before my candle
          C                        G
Which is shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
      Am                             G
But I feel just like a candle in the way
                  F                    C  G    F     C     F     C
I guess I'll get there, but I wouldn't say for sure

[Verse 3]
        Am             G                   F
When we parted we were laughing still, as our goodbyes were said
       C     G          Am      G
And I never heard from him again
   F
As each our lives we led
  C         G        Am     G     F
Except for once in someone else's letter that I read
   C     G         Am    G            F                 Am   G
Until I heard the sudden word that a friend of mine was dead

[Chorus 2]
F                    C
I sit before my only candle,
F                               C
Like a pilgrim sits beside the way
          F                       Am
Now this journey appears before my candle
          C                        G
Which is shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
      Am                             G
But I feel just like a candle in the way
                  F                    C  G    F     C     F     C
I guess I'll get there, but I wouldn't say for sure

[Verse 4]
        Am             G                   F
Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him long
       C     G          Am      G
When I stood myself beside him
          F
I never thought I was as strong
           C         G        Am     G     F
Still it seems he stopped his singing in the middle of his song
          C       G       Am    G            F               Am   G
Well, I'm not the one to say I know, but I'm hoping he was wrong

[Chorus 3]
F                    C
Well, I'm holding out my only candle
F                                       C
Though it's so little light to find my way
          F                            Am
Now this story's been laid beneath my candle
          C                        G
And it's shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
      Am                             G
But I feel just like a candle in the way
                  F                    C  G
I guess I'll get there, but I never pray

[Outro]

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