These Days
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How to read this tab — notation key
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- Blow note
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- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
-3 -4 5 -4 -4 -4 -3 -4 5 -4 -4 -4
I was walking around, just a face in the crowd
-3 -4 6 -5 5 -4 4 3
trying to keep myself out of the rain
-3 -4 5 -4 -4 -4 -3 -4 5 -4 -4 -4
saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
-3 -4 6 -5 5 -4 4 3
wondered if i might end up the same
-3 -4 5 -4 -4 -4 5 -4
there's a man out on the corner
-3 -4 6 -5 -4 4 3
singing old songs about change
4 4 4 -4 -3 3 3 2 3
everybody's got their cross to bare these days
-3 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4
she came looking for some shelter
-3 -4 6 -5 5 -4 5
with a suitcase full of dreams
-3 -4 -4-4-4-4-45 -4-4
to a motel room on the boulevard
-3 -4 6 -5 5 -4 5
guess she's trying to be james dean
-3 -3 -4 -4 -4 5 -4
she's seen all the disciples
-3 6 -5 -4 -3 3
and all the wannabes
4 4 4 -4 -3 3 3 2 3
no one wants to be themselves these days
3 4 4 4 -4 -3 3 3 2 3
still there's nothing to hold onto but these days
chorus:
6 6 6 -5 -5 6 -5 6
these days the stars seem out of reach
-7 6 6 6 6 -6 -6 -6 -7 -7
these days there ain't a ladder on the streets
6 -5 6 6
these days are fast
6 -6 -6 -7 -6 6
love don't last in this graceless age
3 4 4 4 -4 -3 3 3 2 3
there ain't nobody left but us these days
-3 -4 5 5 5 -4 5 6 -5 -5 -4 3
jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly
-3 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4
from a second story window
-3 -4 6 -5 5 -4 5
he just jumped and closed his eyes
-3 -3 -4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4
his momma said he was crazy
-3 -4 6 6 -5 -4 -3 3
he said, "momma, i've got to try"
4 4 4 -3 -3 3 -3 4 -3
don't you know that all my heroes died
3 -3 4 4 4 -3 -3 3 3 2 3
and i guess i'd rather die than fade away
chorus:
6 6 6 -5 -5 6 -5 6
these days the stars seem out of reach
-7 6 6 6 6 -6 -6 -6 -7 -7
these days there ain't a ladder on the streets
6 -5 6 6
these days are fast
6 -6 -6 -7 -6 6
love don't last in this graceless age
3 -3 4 4 4 4 4 -4 -3 3 3 4 -3 -4
even innocence has caught the midnight train
3 4 4 4 -4 -3 3 3 2 3
and there ain't nobody left but us these days
6 6 6 5 5 -4 4
i know rome's still burning though
5 6 5 5 6
the times have changed
6 6 5 5 6 -5 6 -5 6 -5 6 -5
this world keeps turning round and round and round and round
-7 6
these days
solo de guitarra
chorus:
6 6 6 -5 -5 6 -5 6
these days the stars seem out of reach
-7 6 6 6 6 -6 -6 -6 -7 -7
these days there ain't a ladder on the streets
6 -5 6 6
these days are fast
6 -6 -6 -7 -6 6
love don't last in this graceless age
3 -3 4 4 4 4 4 -4 -3 3 3 4 -3 -4
even innocence has caught the midnight train
3 4 4 4 -4 -3 3 3 2 3
and there ain't nobody left but us these days