Chords for Jackson Browne - Farther On

_ _ _ I'm going to sing this song [G] for countless people who I've never had the time to thank
_ among whose numbers are Orin and Crystal Zvon and their little daughter [D] Ariel.
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_ In my _ years I [A] hid my tears [Bm] and passed [G] my days [D] alone.
_ _ [A] [Bm] I drifted an [E] ocean of [A] loneliness.
_ _ [G] My dreams [A] like nets were [D] thrown.
True _ _ kiss _ [A] that I've heard of [B] in [Bm] books [G] and films and [D] songs.
_ [A] Now there's a [Bm] world [E] of illusion [A] and fantasy.
[G] And the place where [Am] the real world [D]
belongs.
[G] Still I look for the [A] beauty in [D]
sin.
Lend [F#m] my hand and [A] lead me on.
_ [G] Though my [A] dreams have come up torn [D] and empty.
As many [A] times as love has come and [G] gone.
To _ [D] those gems my memory [A] runs.
[Bm] To the laughter [G] we shared [D] at the meal.
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] I [E] fill their kitchens [A] and living rooms _ [G] with my [A] schemes and my broken [D] wings.
_ It was never clear [A] how far or near [Bm] the gates to [G] my citadel [D] lay.
_ _ [A] [Bm] They were cutting [E] from stone [A] some dreams of their [F#m] own.
[G] But they listened to [A] mine anyway.
[D] _
_ I'm [G] not sure what [Am] I'm trying to [D] say.
_ [F#m] It could be [A] I've lost my way.
_ _ [G] Though I [A] keep a watch over the [D] distance.
_ Heaven's no [A] closer than it was yesterday.
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[D] And the [Bm] angels [A] are older.
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_ They [Bm] do not to [D] wait up for the [G] sun.
They look [D] over my shoulder.
[A] _ [Bm] At the maps and [D] the drawings [E] of the journey I've [D] begun.
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_ _ [G] The [A] distance leads me [D] farther on.
_ [F#m] Of the reasons I once had [A] gone.
_ I [G] keep thinking [A] I'll find what I'm [D] looking for.
_ [Bm] In the [A] sand beneath [G] the dawn.
[D] But the [A] [A] angels are older.
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_ [Bm] They can see [D] that the sun's setting [G] fast.
They look [D] over my shoulder.
[A] _ [Bm] At the vision [D] of paradise.
[E] Clutching to the light of the [A] past.
[A] They [Bm] lay down [A] behind me.
[G] _ [F#] To sleep beside the [Bm] road.
Till [D] the morning has [G] come.
Where they know [D] they will find me.
[A] With [Bm] my maps and [D] my faith.
And the [G] distance [A] moving farther.
[D] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _
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