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