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