Bon Jovi - These Days

From "These Days" (1995)
(Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora)

Tab By: Matthias Kiess (kiess@ipa.fhg.de)

INTRO: [C]   [D]   [Em] (6x)

I was [C]walking around, just a [D]face in the crowd
Trying to [Em]keep myself out of the rain
Saw a [C]vagabond king wear a [D]styrofoam crown
wondered [Em]if I might end up the same
There's a [C]man out on the [D]corner
[Em]singing old songs about change
[C]Everybody got their [D]cross to bare, these [G] days

She came [C]looking for some [D]shelter
with a [Em]suitcase full of dreams
To a [C]motel room on the [D]boulevard
Guess [Em]she's trying to be James Dean
She's [C]seen all the dis[D]ciples
And [Em]all the 'wanna be's'
[C]No one wants to [D]be themselfs these [Em]days
Still there's [C]nothing to hold [D]onto but these [G] days

CHORUS #1:
These [C]days - the [D]stars ain't out of [Em]reach
These [C]days - there ain't a [D]ladder from the [G]streets
These [C]days are fast, [D]nothing lasts [G]in this graceless age
There [C]ain't nobody [D]left but us these [G] days

Jimmy [C]shoes busted [D]both his legs, [Em]trying to learn to fly
From a [C]second story [D]window, he just [Em]jumped and closed his eyes
His [C]momma said he was [D]crazy - he said [Em]momma "I've got to try"
[C]Don't you know that [D]all my heroes [Em] died
And I [C]guess I rather [D]die than fade a[G]way

CHORUS #2:
These [C]days - the [D]stars ain't out of [Em]reach
But these [C]days - there ain't a [D]ladder from the [Em]streets
These [C]days are fast, [D]nothing lasts [G]it's a graceless age
Even [C]innocence has [D]caught the midnight [Em]train
There [C]ain't nobody [D]left but us these [G] days

BRIDGE:
[C]   [Am]   [C]   [am]
[C]   I know [Am]Rome's still burning
[C]   Though the [Am]times have changed
[C]   This [Am]world keeps turning
[D]round and round and round and round these days

INSTRUMENTAL:  [C]   [G]   [D] (4x)

CHORUS #2

CHORUS #3:
These [C]days - the [D]stars ain't out of [Em]reach
But these [C]days - there ain't a [D]ladder from the [Em]streets
These [C]days are fast, [D]nothing last there [G]ain't no time to waste
There [C]ain't nobody [D]left to take the [Em]blame
There [C]ain't nobody [D]left but us these [G] days
      [C]             [D]                  [Em]
There [C]ain't nobody [D]left but us these [G] days

OUTRO:
[C]   [D]   [Em]
[C]   [D]   [G]
[C]   [D]   [Em]
[C]   [D]   [Em]