These days (video) (clip) (midi)

C - D - Em - C - D - Em (2x) + C - D - Em - C - D - Em

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1. I was walking around, just a face in the crowd,

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tryin‘ to keep myself out of the rain,

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saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown,

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wondered if I might end up the same.

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There’s a man out on the corner, singing old songs about change,

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everybody’s got their cross to bear, these days.

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2. She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams,

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to a motel room on the boulevard,

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I guess she’s trying to be James Dean.

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She’s seen all the disciples and all the wanna be’s,

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no one wants to be themselfves these days,

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still there’s nothing to hold on to but these days.

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These days the stars ain’t out of reach,

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these days there ain’t a ladder on the streets, oh no no,

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these days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age,

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there ain’t nobody left but us these days.

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3. Jimmy Shoes, busted both his legs, tryin‘ to learn to fly,

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from a second story window he just jumped and closed his eyes.

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His momma said it was crazy, he said: momma, I’ve got to try,

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don’t you know that all my heroes died,

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and I guess I’d rather die than fade away, yeah.

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These days the stars ain’t out of reach,

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these days there ain’t a ladder on the streets, oh no no,

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these days are fast, nothing lasts, it’s a graceless age,

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even innocence has caught the midnight train,

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there ain’t nobody left but us these days.

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I know Rome’s still burning, though the times have changed,

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this world keeps turning round and round and round

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and round these days.

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These days the stars ain’t out of reach,

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these days there ain’t a ladder on the streets, oh no no,

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these days are fast, love don’t last, it’s a graceless age,

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even innocence has caught the midnight train.

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These days the stars ain’t out of reach,

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these days there ain’t a ladder on the streets, oh no no,

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these days are fast, nothing lasts, there ain’t no time to waste,

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there ain’t nobody left to take the blame, no no no,

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there ain’t nobody left but us these days.

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+ C - D - Em + Ain’t nobody left but us these days.

+ C - D - Em - C - D - G + C - D - Em - C - D - Em

(orig.=no capo/live=1/2 note lower; midi = capo 2nd : G-A-Bm...)
(Bon Jovi)