Bon Jovi – These Days
132 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming [These Days 1995]
Intro
C D Em Em C D Em Em
Verse 1 (Picking)
C D
I was walking around just a face in the crowd trying to
Em Em
keep myself out of the rain…
C D
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown wondered
Em Em
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
Everybody's got their cross
G G
to bear these-eee days…
Verse 2 (Picking)
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
I guess she's trying to be James Dean…
C D
She's seen all the disciples…
Em C
and all the "wannabes"…
C D Em Em
No one wants to be themselves these days…
C D
Still there's nothing to hold on to
G G
but these-eee days…
Refrain
C D Em Em
These days… The stars seem out of reach…
C D G G
These days… There ain't a ladder on the streets… No… No… No…
C D G C
These days are fast… Nothing last in this graceless age…
C D * G (G)
There ain't nobody left but us these-eee days…
Verse 3 (Picking)
C D
Jimmy ‘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 Em
Don't you know that all my heroes-sss died…
C D
and I guess I'd rather die…
G G
than fa-fa-fade away… Yeah-hhh…”
Chorus 1
C D Em Em
These days… The stars seem out of reach…
C D G G
These days… There ain't a ladder on the streets… No… No… No…
C D G C
These days are fast… Nothing last in this graceless age…
C D Em Em
Even innocence has caught the midnight train…
C D G G
There ain't nobody left but us these-eee days…
Bridge
C Am C Am
I know Rome’s still burning…
C Am C Am
Though the times have changed… This world keeps turning
D D
round and round and round and round…
Solo
C G D D C G D D
these-eee days…
Chorus 2
C D Em Em
These days… The stars seem out of reach…
C D G G
These days… There ain't a ladder on the streets… No… No… No…
C D G C
These days are fast… Nothing last there ain’t no time to waste…
C D Em Em
There ain’t nobody left but to take the blame… oh no… no… no…
C D G G
Ain’t nobody left but us these-eee day-yyys…
Outro (Fade Ending)
C D Em Em C D * G
Ain’t nobody left but us these-eee days…