C  D  Em (6x)

   C D Em
1. 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
   There's a man out on the corner, singing old songs about change
   D G
   everybody got their cross to bare, these days.

   C D Em
2. 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 Em
   She's seen all the disciples and all the 'wanna be's' no one wants to be themselfs these days
   C D G
   Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days

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

3. 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 than fade away - yeah

   C D Em C D G
R: 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 Em
   These days are fast, nothing lasts it's a graceless age - Even innocence has caught the midnight train
   C D G
   There ain't nobody left but us these days

   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

C  G  D (4x)

R: 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

R: 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
   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

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