Intro
F - G | Am (6x)
[Verse 1]
F G Am
I was walking around, just a face in the crowd try to keep myself out of the rain
F G Am
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown wondered if I might end up the same
F G Am F G C
There's a man out on the corner, singing old songs about change everybody got their cross to bare, these days.
[Verse 2]
F G Am
She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams
F G Am
To a motel room on the boulevard I guess she's trying to be James Dean
F G Am F G Am
She's seen all the disciples and all the 'wanna be's' no one wants to be themselves these days
F G C
Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days
[Chorus]
F G Am F G C
These days the stars ain't out of reach - These days there ain't a ladder from the streets oh no no
F G C F G C
These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age - There ain't nobody left but us these days
[Verse 3] (like Verse 2)
Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly
From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes
His momma said he was crazy - he said momma "I've got to try" Don't you know that all my heroes died
And I guess I rather die f f f fade away - yeah
[Chorus]
F G Am F G C
These days the stars ain't out of reach But these days there ain't a ladder from the streets oh no no
F G C F G Am
These days are fast, nothing lasts it's a graceless age - Even innocence has caught the midnight train
F G C
There ain't nobody left but us these days
[Bridge]
F Dm F Dm
F Dm F Dm
I know Rome's still burning though the times have changed
F Dm G (C)
This world keeps turning round and round and round and round these days
[Solo]
F C G (4x)
[Chorus]
These days the stars ain't out of reach But these days there ain't a ladder from the streets oh no no
These days are fast, nothing lasts it's a graceless age - Even innocence has caught the midnight train
[Chorus]
These days the stars ain't out of reach But these days there ain't a ladder from the streets oh no no
These days are fast, nothing last there ain't no time to waste - There ain't nobody left to take the blame
F G C
There ain't nobody left but us these days
F - G | Am F G C
There ain't nobody left but us these days
[End]
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