{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":660542,"song":"Song For Adam","artist":"Jackson Browne","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11578244-song-for-adam-chords-by-jackson-browne/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/660542?type=chord","rating":4.66991,"votes":157,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C/G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThough Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him well[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe was alone into his distance, He was deep into his well[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/B[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI could guess what he was laughing at, But I couldn't really tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow the story's told that Adam jumped, But I'm thinking that he fell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTogether we went travelling, as we received the call[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHis destination India, and I had none at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell I still remember laughing, with our backs against the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo free of fear we never thought, that one of us might fall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI sit before my only candle, but it's so little light to find my way[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow this story unfolds before my candle[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhich is shorter every hour as it reaches for the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell I feel just like a candle in a way[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI guess I'll get there but I wouldn't say__  for sure[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen we parted we were laughing still, as our goodbyes were said[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I never heard from him again, as each our lives we led[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nexcept for once in someone else's letter that I read[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUntil I heard the sudden word, that a friend of mine was dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI sit before my only candle, like a pilgrim sits beside the way[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow this journey appears before my candle[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nas a song that's growing fainter, the harder I play[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat I fear before I end I'll fade away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I guess I'll get there, though I wouldn't say___  for sure[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThough Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him long[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd when I stood myself beside him, I never thought I was as strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nstill it seemed he stopped his singing in the middle of his song[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwell I'm not the one to say I know but I'm hoping he was wrong[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm holding out my only candle, though it's so little light to find my way[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nnow this story's been layed beneath my candle[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand it's shorter every hour as it reaches for the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nyes I feel just like a candle in a way[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI hope I'll get there but I'll never pray[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Sent from Laurel Flodder, Germany)","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm  F    C   F   C  G  Am\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nAm  Am\n\n\n(Sent from Laurel Flodder, Germany)","chords":["Am","F","C","G","C/G","C/B","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}