Bon Jovi - These Days (These Days - 1995)

Riff:   C             D             Em           Em

      e|------------------------------------------7-----------------|

      B|-------3-------------5-------------7---------7--------------|

      G|-----5----5--------7----7--------9----9---------------------|

      D|---5---------5---7---------7---9--------9-------9-9-\7-7-\5-|

      A|-3-------------5-------------7------------------7-7-\5-5-\3-|

      E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Pré-intro: C D Em Em (4x)

Intro: C D Em Em (2x)

Verso 1:

       C                       D

I was walking around / Just a face in the crowd

           Em                     Em

Trying to keep myself out of the rain

       C                         D

Saw a vagabond king / Wear a styrofoam crown

         Em                     Em

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

C                    D                G        G

  Everybody got their cross to bare these days

Verso 2:

          C                 D               Em                Em

She came looking for some shelter / With a suitcase full of dreams

      C                 D                          Em                Em

To a motel room on the boulevard / I guess she's trying to be James Dean

       C               D           Em             C

She's seen all the disciples / And all the wanna be's

 C               D                   Em  Em

No one wants to be themselves these days

               C              D                G   G

Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days

Refrão 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 these streets, oh no no

       C              D

These days are fast / Love don't last

G                 C           C             D            G        G

In this graceless age / There ain't nobody left but us these days

Verso 3:

        C           D                Em                 Em

Jimmy shoes busted both his legs / Trying to learn to fly

        C            D                Em                 Em

From a second story window / He just jumped / Closed his eyes

     C                  D              Em                 C

His mamma said he was crazy / He said mamma I've got to try

 C                  D            Em    Em

Don't you know that all my heroes died

        C               D              G    G

And I guess I'd rather die than fade away, yeah!

Refrão 2:

       C           D                Em     Em

These days / The stars seem out of reach, yeah

       C                    D               G     G

These days / There ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no

       C               D              G                 C

These days are fast / Nothing lasts / 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 days

Ponte:

C Am C           Am

       uô uô-ô ô ô

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

(Solo) Base = C G D D (4x)

Refrão 3:

       C           D                Em     Em

These days / The stars seem out of reach, yeah

       C                    D               G     G

These days / There ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no

       C               D              G                 C

These days are fast / Nothing lasts / In this graceless age

     C              D                      Em  Em

Even innocence has caught / The midnight train

Refrão 4:

       C           D                Em     Em

These days / The stars seem out of reach, yeah

       C                    D               G     G

These days / There ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no

       C               D                    G                 C

These days are fast / Nothing lasts / There ain't no time to waste

      C             D                   Em   Em

There ain't nobody left / To take the blame, oh no no no

C             D                 G

Ain't nobody left but us these days

C D Em Em

C             D                 G   G

Ain't nobody left but us these days

C D Em Em

C D G G

C D Em Em

C D G...!

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Transcrito por Librenz em Janeiro/2003, no Brasil.