Song For Adam

Jackson Browne

tom:

Intro:
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 Verse 1:
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  Oh Adam was a     friend of mine I  did not know him  well,     He was

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 alone in his    existence     he was deep into his well,         I
could

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guess what he was laughing at but I  couldn't really tell,       Now the

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story's told that Adam jumped but I'm thinking that he

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  fell.

Verse 2: (same tab as Verse 1)

 Chorus:
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      I    sit    before my only     candle,                       but
it's

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 so   little       light to find my  way,                          now
this

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 journey  appears   before    my     candle.                       Which
is

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 shorter every      hour as it        reaches for the   day         well
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  feel just like a  candle  in  a     way              but I guess I'll


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  get there,           but I wouldn't say_______________________________

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  for sure...

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