Jackson Browne – Song For Adam (Guitar)

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Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him well

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He was alone into his distance, He was deep into his well

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I could guess what he was laughing at, But I couldn't really tell

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Now the story's told that Adam jumped, But I'm thinking that he fell

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Together we went travelling, as we received the call

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His destination India, and I had none at all

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Well I still remember laughing, with our backs against the wall

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So free of fear we never thought, that one of us might fall

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I sit before my only candle, but it's so little light to find my way

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Now this story unfolds before my candle

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Which is shorter every hour as it reaches for the day

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Well I feel just like a candle in a way

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I guess I'll get there but I wouldn't say__  for sure

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When we parted we were laughing still, as our goodbyes were said

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And I never heard from him again, as each our lives we led

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except for once in someone else's letter that I read

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Until I heard the sudden word, that a friend of mine was dead

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I sit before my only candle, like a pilgrim sits beside the way

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Now this journey appears before my candle

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as a song that's growing fainter, the harder I play

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That I fear before I end I'll fade away

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But I guess I'll get there, though I wouldn't say___  for sure

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Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him long

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And when I stood myself beside him, I never thought I was as strong

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still it seemed he stopped his singing in the middle of his song

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well I'm not the one to say I know but I'm hoping he was wrong

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I'm holding out my only candle, though it's so little light to find my way

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now this story's been layed beneath my candle

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and it's shorter every hour as it reaches for the day

        Am                          Em
yes I feel just like a candle in a way

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I hope I'll get there but I'll never pray