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