Fountain of Sorrow

Artist: Jackson Browne (English)
User: Eric Brors
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
Chord names: Not defined
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Jackson Browne You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0vYnD6GGyU
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Eric Brors,
March 5, 2025, 4:41 AM
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[Intro]C     G     Em      D      C       G    
 
  Em                   D4   D        C              G     
Looking through some photographs I found inside a drawer 
       Em         D4   D        C    G   
I was taken by a photograph of you 
            Em           D4   D                   C                G   
There were one or two I know that you would have liked a little more 
          Em               D4   D            C    G    
But they didn't show your spirit quite as true 

          Bm                            G           C  G   
You were turning round to see who was behind you 
       Bm                                D     D/C   
And I took your childish laughter by surprise 
  Bm7        C/G            C      D           Em     
And at the moment that my camera happened to find you 
           Am7                   C        G     C  G    
There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes 
 
         Em            D4     D         C              G      
Now the things that I remember seem so distant and so small 
           Em            D4     D         C     G    
Though it hasn't really been that long a time 
      Em           D4     D          C           G    
What I was seeing wasn't what was happening at all 
          Em               D4    D          C     G   
Although for a while, our path did seem to climb 

              Bm                                           G      C  G   
But when you see through love's illusions, there lies the danger 
       Bm                                         D   D/C   
And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool 
  Bm7        C/G            C          D        Em    
So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger 
           Am7                  C      
While loneliness seems to spring from your life 
        G                 D            
Like a fountain from a pool 
 
 C           G/D    D#°7         Em   D    
Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light 
 C                 G/D         D#°7                   Em     D   
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight 
 C             G/D                 D#°7             Em     D   
You've had to hide sometimes, but now you're all right 
          G                C/G                 C  G/B  Am7  
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight 
 
 G  Am7  G/B  C  G/B  Am7  G 
 
         Em            D4     D        C                 G      
Now for you and me it may not be that hard to reach our dreams 
          Em            D4     D       C      G  
But that magic feeling never seems to last 
               Em                 D4     D          C                   G   
And while the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it seems 
             Em         D4     D            C        G  
It would be easier sometimes to change the past 

          Bm                                       G           C  G   
I'm just one or two years and a couple of changes behind you 
       Bm                                   D      D/C   
In my lessons at Love's pain and Heartache school 
 Bm7          C/G                   C        D            Em   
Where if you feel too free and you need something to remind you 
              Am7                   C                     
There's this loneliness springing up from your life 
        G               D  
Like a fountain from a pool 
 
 C           G/D    D#°7         Em   D    
Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light 
 C                 G/D         D#°7                   Em     D   
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight 
 C             G/D                 D#°7             Em     D   
You've had to hide sometimes but now you're all right 
          G                C/G                 C  G/B  Am7  
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight  
 
 G  Am7  G/B  D4  D 
 
 
 C           G/D    D#°7         Em   D       
Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light 
 C                 G/D         D#°7                  Em     D    
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight 
 C             G/D      D#°7           Em       D    
You've had to struggle, you've had to fight 
 C            G/D         D#°7            Em     D    
To keep understanding and compassion in sight 
 C            G/D            D#°7            Em    D     
You could be laughing at me, you've got the right 
 C             G/D    D#°7             Em     D  
But you go on smiling so clear and so bright 
 
 C  G/D  D#°7 Em D 
 
 C  G/D  D#°7 Em D

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