[Intro]
G A Bm Bm 4x
\
G A Bm Bm 2x
[Verse]
G A
I was walking around, just a face in the crowd
Bm Bm
Trying to keep myself out of the rain
G A
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
Bm Bm
Wondered if I might end up the same
G A
There's a man out on the corner
Bm 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
Bm Bm
With a suitcase full of dreams
G A
To a motel room on the boulevard
Bm Bm
Guess she's trying to be James Dean
G A
She's seen all the disciples
Bm G
And all the "wanna be's"
G A Bm
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 Bm Bm
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,
Bm Bm
trying to learn to fly
G A
From a second story window,
Bm Bm
he just jumped and closed his eyes
G A
His momma said he was crazy,
Bm G
he said momma "I've got to try"
G A Bm
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 Bm Bm
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 Bm
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
G A D
And there ain't nobody left but us these days
[Bridge]
G Em G Em G
Wooh Wooh
Em G
I know Rome's still burning
Em G
Though the times have changed
Em A
This world keeps turning round and round
and round and round
G
These days
[Solo]
G D A A 4x
[Chorus]
G A Bm Bm
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 Bm
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
[Outro]
G A Bm Bm
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 Bm
There ain't nobody left to take the blame
G A
Oh no no no no, There ain't nobody left
D G A Bm
but us these days
G A D
There ain't nobody left but us these days
G A Bm Bm
G A D D
G A Bm Bm
G A Bm~
[Intro]
G A Bm Bm 4x
\
G A Bm Bm 2x
[Verse]
G I was walking around,
A
just a face in the crowd
Bm Trying to keep myself
Bm
out of the rain
G Saw a vagabond king
A
wear a styrofoam crown
Bm Wondered if I might
Bm
end up the same
G A
There's a man out on the corner
Bm 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
Bm Bm
With a suitcase full of dreams
G A
To a motel room on the boulevard
Bm Guess she's trying
Bm
to be James Dean
G A
She's seen all the disciples
Bm G
And all the "wanna be's"
G A No one wants to be
Bm
themselves these days
G A
Still there's nothing to hold on
D
to but these days
[Chorus]
G A These days, the stars
Bm Bm
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,
Bm Bm
trying to learn to fly
G A
From a second story window,
Bm Bm
he just jumped and closed his eyes
G A
His momma said he was crazy,
Bm G
he said momma "I've got to try"
G Don't you know that
A Bm
all my heroes died
G And I guess I'd rather
A D
die than fade away
[Chorus]
G A These days, the stars
Bm Bm
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
Bm
the midnight train
G And there ain't nobody
A D
left but us these days
[Bridge]
G Em G Em G
Wooh Wooh
Em G
I know Rome's still burning
Em G
Though the times have changed
Em 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
Bm Bm
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
Bm
the midnight train
[Outro]
G A These days, the stars
Bm Bm
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 Bm
left to take the blame
Oh no no no no, There
G A
ain't nobody left
D G A Bm
but us these days
G There ain't nobody
A D
left but us these days
G A Bm Bm
G A D D
G A Bm Bm
G A Bm~