[Intro]
B C# D#m D#m 4x
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B C# D#m D#m 2x
[Verse]
B C#
I was walking around, just a face in the crowd
D#m D#m
Trying to keep myself out of the rain
B C#
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
D#m D#m
Wondered if I might end up the same
B C#
There's a man out on the corner
D#m B
Singing old songs about change
B C# F#
Everybody's got their cross to bare, these days
[Verse]
B C#
She came looking for some shelter
D#m D#m
With a suitcase full of dreams
B C#
To a motel room on the boulevard
D#m D#m
Guess she's trying to be James Dean
B C#
She's seen all the disciples
D#m B
And all the "wanna be's"
B C# D#m
No one wants to be themselves these days
B C#
Still there's nothing to hold on
F#
to but these days
[Chorus]
B C# D#m D#m
These days, the stars seem out of reach
B C#
These days, there ain't a ladder
F#
on these streets, no no no
B C# F#
These days, are fast, nothing last
B
in this graceless age
B C# F#~
There ain't nobody left but us these days
[Verse]
B C#
Jimmy's shoes busted both his legs,
D#m D#m
trying to learn to fly
B C#
From a second story window,
D#m D#m
he just jumped and closed his eyes
B C#
His momma said he was crazy,
D#m B
he said momma "I've got to try"
B C# D#m
Don't you know that all my heroes died
B C# F#
And I guess I'd rather die than fade away
[Chorus]
B C# D#m D#m
These days, the stars seem out of reach
B C#
These days, there ain't a ladder
F#
on these streets, no no no
B C# F#
These days are fast, nothing last
B
in this graceless age
B C# D#m
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
B C# F#
And there ain't nobody left but us these days
[Bridge]
B G#m B G#m B
Wooh Wooh
G#m B
I know Rome's still burning
G#m B
Though the times have changed
G#m C#
This world keeps turning round and round
and round and round
B
These days
[Solo]
B F# C# C# 4x
[Chorus]
B C# D#m D#m
These days, the stars seem out of reach
B C#
These days, there ain't a ladder
F#
on these streets, no no no
B C# F#
These days are fast, love don't last
B
in this graceless age
B C# D#m
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
[Outro]
B C# D#m D#m
These days, the stars seem out of reach
B C#
These days, there ain't a ladder
F#
on these streets, no no no
B C#
These days, are fast, nothing last,
F# B
there ain't no time to waste
B C# D#m
There ain't nobody left to take the blame
B C#
Oh no no no no, There ain't nobody left
F# B C# D#m
but us these days
B C# F#
There ain't nobody left but us these days
B C# D#m D#m
B C# F# F#
B C# D#m D#m
B C# D#m~
[Intro]
B C# D#m D#m 4x
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B C# D#m D#m 2x
[Verse]
B I was walking around,
C#
just a face in the crowd
D#m Trying to keep myself
D#m
out of the rain
B Saw a vagabond king
C#
wear a styrofoam crown
D#m Wondered if I might
D#m
end up the same
B C#
There's a man out on the corner
D#m B
Singing old songs about change
B C# Everybody's got their
F#
cross to bare, these days
[Verse]
B C#
She came looking for some shelter
D#m D#m
With a suitcase full of dreams
B C#
To a motel room on the boulevard
D#m Guess she's trying
D#m
to be James Dean
B C#
She's seen all the disciples
D#m B
And all the "wanna be's"
B C# No one wants to be
D#m
themselves these days
B C#
Still there's nothing to hold on
F#
to but these days
[Chorus]
B C# These days, the stars
D#m D#m
seem out of reach
B C#
These days, there ain't a ladder
F#
on these streets, no no no
B C# F#
These days, are fast, nothing last
B
in this graceless age
B There ain't nobody
C# F#~
left but us these days
[Verse]
B Jimmy's shoes busted
C#
both his legs,
D#m D#m
trying to learn to fly
B C#
From a second story window,
D#m D#m
he just jumped and closed his eyes
B C#
His momma said he was crazy,
D#m B
he said momma "I've got to try"
B Don't you know that
C# D#m
all my heroes died
B And I guess I'd rather
C# F#
die than fade away
[Chorus]
B C# These days, the stars
D#m D#m
seem out of reach
B C#
These days, there ain't a ladder
F#
on these streets, no no no
B C# F#
These days are fast, nothing last
B
in this graceless age
B C# Even innocence has caught
D#m
the midnight train
B And there ain't nobody
C# F#
left but us these days
[Bridge]
B G#m B G#m B
Wooh Wooh
G#m B
I know Rome's still burning
G#m B
Though the times have changed
G#m This world keeps turning
C#
round and round
and round and round
B
These days
[Solo]
B F# C# C# 4x
[Chorus]
B C# These days, the stars
D#m D#m
seem out of reach
B C#
These days, there ain't a ladder
F#
on these streets, no no no
B These days are fast,
C# F#
love don't last
B
in this graceless age
B C# Even innocence has caught
D#m
the midnight train
[Outro]
B C# These days, the stars
D#m D#m
seem out of reach
B C#
These days, there ain't a ladder
F#
on these streets, no no no
B These days, are
C#
fast, nothing last,
F# B
there ain't no time to waste
B There ain't nobody
C# D#m
left to take the blame
Oh no no no no, There
B C#
ain't nobody left
F# B C# D#m
but us these days
B There ain't nobody
C# F#
left but us these days
B C# D#m D#m
B C# F# F#
B C# D#m D#m
B C# D#m~