Farther On
Jackson BrowneVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
In my early years I hid my tears
And passed my days alone
Adrift on an ocean of loneliness
My dreams like nets were thrown
To catch the love that I'd heard of
In books and films and songs
Now there's a world of illusion and fantasy
In the place where the real world belongs
Still I look for the beauty in songs
To fill my head and lead me on
Though my dreams have come up torn and empty
As many times as love has come and gone
To those gentle ones my memory runs
To the laughter we shared at the meals
I filled their kitchens and living rooms
With my schemes and my broken wheels
It was never clear how far or near
The gates to my citadel lay
They were cutting from stone some dreams of their own
But they listened to mine anyway
I'm not sure what I'm trying to say
It could be I've lost my way
Though I keep a watch over the distance
Heaven's no closer than it was yesterday
And the angels are older
They know not to wait up for the sun
They look over my shoulder
At the maps and the drawings of the journey I've begun
Now the distance leads me farther on
Though the reasons I once had are gone
I keep thinking I'll find what I'm looking for
In the sand beneath the dawn
But the angels are older
They can see that the sun's setting fast
They look over my shoulder
At the vision of paradise contained in the light of the past
And they lay down behind me
To sleep beside the road till the morning has come
Where they know they will find me
With my maps and my faith in the distance
Moving farther on
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Readable chord sheet for Farther On by Jackson Browne
[Dsus4] [A] [D/A] [A] [Bm] [G] [D] [Bm] [E] [A] [G] [A] [D] In my [Dsus4]early [A] [D/A]years I [A]hid my [A]tears And [Bm]passed my [G]days alo[D]ne [Bm]Adrift on an o[E]cean of l[A]oneliness My d[G]reams like [A]nets were [D]thrown To [Dsus4]catch [A] the [D/A]love that [A]I'd heard [A]of In [Bm]books and [G]films and [D]songs Now there's a [Bm]world of ill[E]usion and fan[A]tasy In the [G]place where the [A]real world [D]belongs Still I [G]look for the [A]beauty in [D]songs To fill my [F#m]head and lead me [A]on Though my [G]dreams have [A]come up torn and [D]empty As many [A]times as love has come and [G]gone To those [Dsus4]gentle[A] [D/A]ones my [A]memory [A]runs To the [Bm]laughter we [G]shared at the [D]meals [Bm]I filled their [E]kitchens and [A]living rooms With my[G] schemes and my[A] broken wh[D]eels It was [Dsus4]never [A] [D/A]clear how [A]far or [A]near The [Bm]gates to my c[G]itadel lay [D] They were [Bm]cutting from [E]stone some [A]dreams of their own But they [G]listened to mine[A] anyway [D] I'm not [G]sure what I'm [A]trying to say [D] It could [F#m]be I've lost my [A]way Though I [G]keep a [A]watch over the [D]distance Heaven's no [A]closer than it was yester[G]day And the [D]angels are [A]older [F#] They [Bm]know not to wait [Bm/A]up for the sun [G] They look over my [D]shoulder [A/C#] At the [Bm]maps and the [Bm/A]drawings of the [E/G#]journey I've beg[A]un [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] Now the [G]distance l[A]eads me farther [D]on Though the [F#m]reasons I once had are [A]gone I keep [G]thinking I'll [A]find what I'm [D]looking for In the [A]sand beneath the [G]dawn But the [D]angels are [A]older [F#] They [Bm]can see that the [Bm/A]sun's setting f[G]ast They look over my [D]shoulder [A/C#] At the [Bm]vision of par[Bm/A]adise cont[E/G#]ained in the light of the [A]past And they[D] lay down b[A]ehind me [F#] To sleep beside the [Bm]road till the [Bm/A]morning has com[G]e Where they know they will [D]find me [A/C#] With my [Bm]maps and my [Bm/A]faith in the distanc[G]e Moving [A]farther [D]on [G] [A] [D] [A/C#] [Bm] [Bm/A] [G] [A] [D]