Song For Adam

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       G    F#    Em        D   
Though Adam was a friend of 
    C
mine, I did not know him well,
        G      F#     Em     D  
He was alone into his distance, 
      C             D
he was deep into his well.
        G          F#     Em      
I could guess what he was laughing
 D         C
 at, but I couldn't really tell.
        G       F#        Em
Now the story's told that Adam 
   D               C           
jumped, but I'm thinking that he 
     Em
fell.

  G      F#      Em       D   C
Together we went traveling as we 
received the call.
    G    F#     Em  D     C    
His destination India, and I 
         D
had none at all.
        G       F#     Em       
Well, I still remember laughing 
D        C
with our backs against the wall.
   G       F#      Em    D      
So free of fear we never thought
      C               Em D
 that one of us might fall.

C                    G           
I sit before my only candle, but 
     C                          G
it's so little light to find my way.
         C                       
Now this story unfolds before my 
Em
candle,
         G                        
Which is shorter every hour as it 
D
reaches for the day.
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      C                            
But I feel just like a candle in a 
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way.

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I guess I'll get there, but I 
           G D     C
wouldn't say for sure.

        G      F#      Em       
When we parted we were laughing 
D        C
still as our goodbyes were said.
      G     F#         Em   D   
And I never heard from him again
    C                   D
 as each our lives were led.
  G        F#      Em      D     
Except for once in someone else's 
 C
letter I once read.
  G     F#        Em     D      
Until I heard the sudden word 
     C                  Em D
that a friend of mine was dead.

C                    G           
I sit before my only candle, like
   C                       G
 a pilgrim sits beside the way.
         C                         
Now this journey appears before my 
Em
candle
     G                           
As a song that's growing fainter, 
     D
the harder I play,
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'Til I fear before I end will fade 
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away.
                 C                 
But I guess I'll get there, though 
           G D     C
I wouldn't say for sure.

       G    F#    Em        D   
Though Adam was a friend of 
    C
mine, I did not know him long.
           G       F#     Em     
And when I stood myself beside 
D         C                D
him, I never thought I was as 
strong.
         G        F#        
Still it seems he stopped his 
  Em             C
singing in the middle of his song.
         G       F#     Em    D 
Well I'm not the one to say I 
            C             Em D
know, but I'm hoping he was wrong.

C                       G    
I'm holding out my only candle, 
               C                   
though it's so little light to find
       G
 my way.
         C                         
Now this story's been laid beneath 
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my candle,
         G                        
And it's shorter every hour as it 
D
reaches for the day.
       C                           
Yes, I feel just like a candle in a
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 way.
         C                     
I hope I get there, but I never 
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pray.