These Days
Jackson Browne
From the CD Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 (2005)

Notes: Lyric changes are Browne's
(*) indicates a 2/4 measure
Capo: 1

[Intro]
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[Verse]
          
Well, I've bee

            
n out walkin' 

 
.    ...
          
I don't do tha

            
t much talkin'

     
 . these days
             
These days ...

 
 . (h2)(h3)
      
These days I s

eem to think a

 lot
         
About the thin

              
gs that I forg

            
ot to do ... .

    |*  |
  h2  h3    ..
             
And all the ti

              
mes I had the 

          
chance to ....

[Break]
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[Verse]
        
And I had a lo

     
ver .    ...
             
It's so hard t

         
o risk another

     
 . these days
             
These days ...

 
 . (h2)(h3)
     
Now, if I seem

 to be afraid
         
To live the li

              
fe that I have

             
 made in song 

        
... .  h2  h3 

|*  |
   ..
           
Well, it's jus

t that I've be

en losin'
            
. For so long 

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.   .  .

[Break]
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[Verse]
          
Then I'll keep

        
 on movin' .  

 
  . movin' on
             
Things are bou

         
nd to be impro

       
vin' these day


s
             
One of these d

        
ays ... . (h2)

(h3)
      
These days I s

it on corner s

tones
         
And count the 

              
time in quarte

             
r tones to ten

        
 ... .  h2  h3

 |*  |
    ..
         
Don't confront

 me with my fa

ilures
             
I had not forg

          
otten them .  

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 .  .

[Outro]
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