Song For Adam chords by Jackson Browne

Chords with lyrics

This is a beautiful song written adn sung by Jackson Browne in memory of one his friends
who died by suicide.
I just figured these out this morning, im not sure about the chords in the chorus but they
seem to sound ok.

    E minorEm     G+G        C9C9
Though Adam was a friend of mine I did not know
E minorEm
him well
    G+G       C9C9
He was alone into his distance he was deep inside
  E minorEm
his well
    G+G         E minorEm
I could guess what he was thinking but I
        C9C9
couldn't really tell
    C9C9   G+G    E minorEm  G+G     C9C9
Now the stories say that Adam jumped but I'm
         E minorEm
thinking that he fell

 E minorEm       G+G      C9C9
Together we went traveling as we recieved the
E minorEm
call
  G+G      C9C9            E minorEm
His destination India, and I had none at all
    G+G       E minorEm
Well I still remember laughing with our backs
      C9C9
against the wall
  C9C9   G+G    E minorEm         C9C9
So free of fear we never thought that one of us
   E minorEm D MajorD
might fall

 G+G       C9C9  B minorBm
I sit before my only candle
    C9C9             E minorEm
But its so little light to find my way
    C9C9      E minorEm    G+G
NOw the story unfolds before my candle
     B minorBm            G+G
Which is shorter every hour as it reaches for
D MajorD
teh day
    E minorEm         C9C9     G+G
Well I feel just like the candle in a way
 E minorEm      C9C9         G+G D MajorD   E minorEm
I guess Ill get there but I wouldnt say for sure

Every verse and chorus is the same chords, the words are just different.
Here are the words if you want to sing along:


When we parted we were laughing still as our goodbyes were said
ANd I never heard from him again as each our lives we lead
Except for once in someone else's letter I read
UNtil I heard the sudden word that a friend of mine was dead

I sit before my only candle
LIke a pilgrim sits beside the way
NOw this journey appears before my candle
As a song thats getting fainter the harder I play
NOw I fear before I am Ill fade away
I guess Ill get tehre but I wouldnt say for sure

Though Adam was a friend of mine I did not know him long
And when I stood myslef beside him I never thought I was that strong
Still it seems he stopped his singing in the middle of his song
Now Im not the one to say I know but Im hoping I was wrong

Im holding out my only candle
Though its so little light to find my way
NOw this story's belayed beneath my candle
And its shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
Yes I feel just like the candle in a way
I hope Ill get there but Ill never pray

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