(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.