These Days

C - D | Em (6x)


[Verse 1]

         C                       D                          Em
I was walking around, just a face in the crowd try to keep myself out of the rain
          C                           D                                Em
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown wondered if I might end up the same
            C                   D           Em               C                        D    
There's a man out on the corner, singing old songs about change everybody got their cross 
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to bare, these days.


[Verse 2]

               C                       D                          Em
She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams
              C                       D                          Em
To a motel room on the boulevard I guess she's trying to be James Dean
     C                      D           Em                  C                       D      
She's seen all the disciples and all the 'wanna be's' no one wants to be themselves these 
      Em
days
C            D                   G
Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days


[Chorus]

          C           D                    Em          C                      D            
These days the stars ain't out of reach - These days there ain't a ladder from the streets 
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oh no no
C                D              G                    C                               D    
These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age - There ain't nobody left but us 
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these days


[Verse 3] (like Verse 2)

C                       D                          Em
Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly
C                       D                          Em
From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes
C                      D           Em                  C                       D           
His momma said he was crazy - he said momma "I've got to try" Don't you know that all my heroes 
 Em
died
C            D                   G
And I guess I rather die f f f fade away - yeah


[Chorus]

C           D                    Em          C                      D                  G
These days the stars ain't out of reach But these days there ain't a ladder from the streets oh 
no no
C                D              G                    C                         D          
These days are fast, nothing lasts it's a graceless age - Even innocence has caught the 
          Em
midnight train
C                 D                   G
There ain't nobody left but us these days


[Bridge]

C Am C Am
C         Am                        C                            Am
I know Rome's still burning though the times have changed
C         Am                  D                                    (C)
This world keeps turning round and round and round and round these days


[Solo]

C G D (4x)


[Chorus]

C           D                    Em          C                      D                  G
These days the stars ain't out of reach But these days there ain't a ladder from the streets oh 
no no
C                D              G                    C                         D          
These days are fast, nothing lasts it's a graceless age - Even innocence has caught the 
          Em
midnight train


[Chorus]

C           D                    Em          C                      D                  G
These days the stars ain't out of reach But these days there ain't a ladder from the streets oh 
no no
C                D              G                    C                         D          
These days are fast, nothing last there ain't no time to waste - There ain't nobody left 
          Em
to take the blame

C             D                            G
There ain't nobody left but us these days
C - D | Em            C             D                            G
                       There ain't nobody left but us these days