Jackson Browne - Farther On

      
 
 FARTHER ON  Jackson Browne
 (Album: Late for the sky)
 
 Intro:
 |Dsus4/A D/A |A |Bm G |D |
 |Bm E |A |G A |D |
 
       Dsus4/A D/A     A      A    
 In my early years I hid my tears
     Bm        G       D 
 And passed my days alone
 Bm            E        A        
 Adrift on an ocean of loneliness
     G          A         D     
 My dreams like nets were thrown
    Dsus4/A   D/A       A         A 
 To catch the love that I'd heard of
    Bm        G         D    
 In books and films and songs
               Bm          E            A   
 Now there's a world of illusion and fantasy
        G               A          D      
 In the place where the real world belongs
         G            A         D    
 Still I look for the beauty in songs
 
            F#m              A 
 To fill my head and lead me on
           G           A                D    
 Though my dreams have come up torn and empty
         A                          G   
 As many times as love has come and gone
 
          Dsus4/A D/A     A      A   
 To those gentle ones my memory runs
        Bm          G             D    
 To the laughter we shared at the meals
 Bm             E            A           
 I filled their kitchens and living rooms
        G              A         D   
 With my schemes and my broken wheels
 
        Dsus4/A D/A       A      A   
 It was never clear how far or near
     Bm           G         D 
 The gates to my citadel lay
           Bm           E          A                  
 They were cutting from stone some dreams of their own
          G               A      D 
 But they listened to mine anyway
         G             A            D 
 I'm not sure what I'm trying to say
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          F#m             A  
 It could be I've lost my way
          G      A              D       
 Though I keep a watch over the distance
             A                        G  
 Heaven's no closer than it was yesterday
 
         D          A    F# 
 And the angels are older
      Bm               Bm/A          G 
 They know not to wait up for the sun
                   D       A/C# 
 They look over my shoulder
        Bm           Bm/A            E/G#            A 
 At the maps and the drawings of the journey I've begun
 
 Solo:
 |Dsus4/A D/A |A |Bm G |D A/C# |
 |Bm E |A |G A |D |
 |Dsus4/A D/A |A |Bm G |D A/C# |
 |Bm E |A |G A |D |
 
         G         A               D 
 Now the distance leads me farther on
            F#m                    A   
 Though the reasons I once had are gone
        G             A             D          
 I keep thinking I'll find what I'm looking for
        A                G   
 In the sand beneath the dawn
 
         D          A    F# 
 But the angels are older
      Bm               Bm/A           G  
 They can see that the sun's setting fast
                   D       A/C# 
 They look over my shoulder
        Bm           Bm/A      E/G#                      A   
 At the vision of paradise contained in the light of the past
         D          A       F# 
 And they lay down behind me
                     Bm            Bm/A           G 
 To sleep beside the road till the morning has come
                           D      A/C# 
 Where they know they will find me
         Bm          Bm/A                G 
 With my maps and my faith in the distance
        A       D G A 
 Moving farther on
 
 |D A/C# |Bm Bm/A |G A |D ||
 
 
 Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) November 2006
 Email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com