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