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