Song For Adam
Jackson Browne

INTRO
Am   F   C   F   C   G   Am
 
Am                C                F
Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him well
         C    C/B      Am     G        F
He was alone into his distance, He was deep into his well
         C     C/B           Am     G      F
I could guess what he was laughing at, But I couldn't really tell
          Am     G         Am     G             F                Am
Now the story is told that Adam jumped, but I'm thinking that he fell
 
Am                C            F
Together we went travelling as we received the call
      C    C/B    Am     G    F
His destination India, and I had none at all
         C     C/B       Am    G        F
Well I still remember laughing with our backs against the wall
     Am     G         Am     G    F                    Am  G
So free of fear we never thought that one of us might fall
 
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
Well I feel just like a candle in a way
                   F                   C   G     F   C   F  C  G
I guess I'll get there but I wouldn't say__  for sure
 
       Am                C            F
When we parted we were laughing still as our goodbyes were said
        C    C/B       Am   G       F
And I never heard from him again as each our lives we led
  C        C/B     Am      G      F
Except for once in someone else's letter that I read
  Am    G         Am     G           F                  Am   G
Until I heard the sudden word that a friend of mine was dead
 
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
As a song that's growing fainter the harder I play
        Am                          G
Well I fear before I am I'll fade away
                      F                         C   G     F   C   F  C  G
But I guess I'll get there, though I wouldn't say___  for sure
 
Am                C                F
Though Adam was a friend of mine I did not know him long
           C     C/B    Am     G           F
And when I stood myself beside him I never thought I was as strong
          C      C/B            Am     G      F
Still it seemed he stopped his singing in the middle of his song
      Am          G      Am     G     F                    Am  G
Well I'm not the one to say I know but I'm hoping he was wrong
 
F                        C
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
Yes I feel just like a candle in a way
                   F                   C   G   F   C     F  C  G   Am
I hope I'll get there but I'll never pray