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