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