Song For Adam

(capo up 2)
       G    F#    Em        D       C
Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him well,
        G      F#     Em     D        C             D
He was alone into his distance, he was deep into his well.
        G          F#     Em       D         C
I could guess what he was laughing at, but I couldn't really tell.
        G       F#        Em   D               C                Em
Now the story's told that Adam jumped, but I'm thinking that he fell.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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