Song For Adam
Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne
Saturate Before Using
1972
This is a tremendous tune off Jackson's first
album.  He writes incredible songs, and this album
is certainly one to look into.  Have fun...

Lyrics
Chords


Capo 1st INTRO: Am + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----------0-----|-1---------0-----|-1---------0-----|-1---------------| G:-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-----------------| D:-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| A:-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------| E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------| F C + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-----|-----------------| B:-1-----1---------|-1-----1---------|-----------------|-1---------------| G:-2p0---2---------|-2p0---2---2---0-|-----0---------0-|-----0-------0---| D:-----3-----------|-----3-------3---|-------------2---|-----------------| A:-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------| E:-1-----------1---|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------| F C G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3---------| B:-1-----1---------|-1-----1---------|-----------------|-----0---------0-| G:-2p0---2---------|-2p0---2---2---0-|-----0-------0---|---0---------0---| D:-----3-----------|-----3-------3---|-----------------|-----------------| A:-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------| E:-1-----------1---|-1---------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------| Am + + + + + + + + e:-0---------------|-----------------| B:-----------0-----|-1---------1-----| G:-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-| D:-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| A:-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| E:-----------------|-----------------|
Here is the verse: Tho Adam was a friend of mine I did not know him well Am C/G F + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----------1-----|-1-------------1-|-1---------------|-------1-----1---| G:-------2-------2-|-0-----------0---|-2---------------|-0h2-----------2-| D:-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----------------|-3---3-----------| A:-0-------0-------|-----3-----------|-----0-------0---|-----------------| E:-----------------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1---------1-----| ...alone into his distance he was deep into his well C G/B Am G F + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:---------3-------|-1---------0-----|-1---------------|-1---------------|---1-------------| G:-------0-------0-|-------2-------0-|-----2-------2---|-----2---------2-|-----2---------2-| D:-----2-------0---|-----2-------0---|-----------------|-------------3---|-------------3---| A:-3-------2-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E:-----------------|---------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------| ...guess what he was laughing at but I could not really tell C G/B Am G F + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:---------3-------|-1---------0-----|-1---------------|-----------------| G:-------0-------0-|-------2-------0-|-----2-------2---|-2-----------2---| D:-----2-------0---|-----2-------0---|-----------------|-----3-----------| A:-3-------2-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------| E:-----------------|---------3-------|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------| ...story's told that Adam jumped...I'm thinking that he Am C/G F G F + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-1-------1-------|-1-------0-------|-1-------1-------| G:---------0-------|-2-------0-------|-2-------2-------| D:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A:-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------| E:---------3-------|-1-------3-------|-1-------1-------| fell Am + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-0---------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----------0-----|-1---------------|-----------0-----|-1---------1-----| G:-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|---------------2-|-------2-------2-| D:-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| A:-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
For all other verses, play this instead of the last line above: ...fall Am G + + + + e:-----------------| B:-1---------0-----| G:-------2-------0-| D:-----2-------0---| A:-0---------------| E:---------3-------|
This is the chorus: I sit before my only candle F C/G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:---------1-------|-----------------|-----------3-----|-----------------| B:-1---------------|---------1-------|-1---------------|-1---------------| G:-2---------------|-2-----2-------2-|-------0-------0-|-----------------| D:-----3---------3-|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E:-1-------1---1---|-1-------1-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------| ...so little light to find my way F C/G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-----|-----------------| B:-1-------1-------|-----------------|-1---------------|-1---------------| G:-2---------------|-2-------------2-|-------0-------0-|-----------------| D:-----3---------3-|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E:-1-------1---1---|-1-------1-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------| ...story unfolds before my candle F G Am + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------| B:-1-------1-------|---------0-------|-----------0-----|-1---------------| G:-2-----------2---|-----2-------0---|-------2-------2-|-------2---------| D:-----3-----------|-----------------|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| A:-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| E:-1-------1-------|-1-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------| ...shorter every hour as it reaches for the day C/G G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:---------3-------|-----------------|-----------3-----|-----------------| B:-1-----------1---|---1-----------1-|-0---------------|-0---------------| G:-------0-------0-|-------0---------|-0-----0-------0-|-----0-------0---| D:-----2-----------|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----------------| A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E:-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------| I feel just like a candle in a way I guess I'll Am Em + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-0---------------|-----------------|-----------3-----|-----------------| B:-----------0-----|-1---------------|-0---------------|-0-------------0-| G:-------2-------2-|-----------------|-----0---------0-|-------------0---| D:-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-------------0---|-----2-----2-----| A:-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------| E:-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| get there but I wouldn't say F C/G G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-1---------------|-1---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------| G:-2---------0-----|-2---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------| D:-----3---------3-|-----3-------3---|-----------------|-----0-------0---| A:-----------------|-----------------|-----3-------3---|-----------------| E:-1-------1---1---|-1-------1-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
The riff (second 2 lines of intro): for sure F C + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-----|-----------------| B:-1-----1---------|-1-----1---------|-----------------|-1---------------| G:-2p0---2---------|-2p0---2---2---0-|-----0---------0-|-----0-------0---| D:-----3-----------|-----3-------3---|-------------2---|-----------------| A:-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------| E:-1-----------1---|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------| F C G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3---------| B:-1-----1---------|-1-----1---------|-----------------|-----0---------0-| G:-2p0---2---------|-2p0---2---2---0-|-----0-------0---|---0---------0---| D:-----3-----------|-----3-------3---|-----------------|-----------------| A:-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------| E:-1-----------1---|-1---------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
The ending consists of the riff followed by this figure: Am + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------| B:-----------0-----|-1---------0-----|-1---------0-----|-1---------------| G:-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-----------------| D:-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----------------| A:-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------| E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
LYRICS:
play intro Though Adam was a friend of mine I did not know him well He was alone into his distance he was deep into his well I could guess what he was laughing at but I could not really tell Now the story's told that Adam jumped and I'm thinking that he fell
Together we went traveling as we received the call His destination India and I had none at all Well I still remember laughing with our backs against the wall So free of fear we never thought that one of us might fall
CHORUS I sit before my only candle But it's so little light to find my way Now this story unfolds before my candle Which is shorter every hour as it reaches for the day Well I feel just like a candle in a way I guess I'll get there but I wouldn't say for sure play riff
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 that I read Until I heard the sudden words that a friend of mine was dead
CHORUS I sit before my only candle Like a pilgrim sits beside the way Now this journey appears before my candle As a song that's growing fainter the harder I play That I fear before I ever fade away But I guess I'll get there though I wouldn't say for sure
Though Adam was friend of mine I didn't know him long And when I stood myself beside him I never though I was as strong Still it seems he stopped his singing in the middle of his song But I'm not the one to say I know that I'm hoping he was wrong
CHORUS I'm holding out my only candle Though it's so little light to find my way Now this story's been laid beneath my candle And it's shorter every hour as it reaches for the day Yes I feel just like a candle in a way I hope I get there but I've never prayed play ending

CHORDS:
Am x02210 F 103211 C/G 332010 or 3x2013 G 320003 To learn why these chords are named this way, check out
Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.

Created on 5-20-98 by Daniel E. Smith.