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Gb This is a really old song.
Db _
Bbm I wrote this when I was about
Db 16,
Gb _ although not
Db precisely in.
this form,
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Gb _ _ and
Ab several people recorded it before I had the
Db chance to.
Gb But I think I.
did play on the first
Db recorded version of it, and
Bbm it was a record made
Gb by a singer named.
Nico, _ .
_
Db _ who had been in the Velvet
Ab Underground and was making a solo record.
_ _ _
Gb _
Db _
Gb _ _ .
I didn't play.
acoustic guitar even though I played this very
Db thing, because Andy Warhol, who was sort.
of
Bbm managing her, thought she should
Gm sound more
Db modern, so I
Fm played it on an electric.
Db guitar.
Gb _ _ _ And
Ab they put a string quartet on it.
That was
Db really modern.
_
Gb _ _ _ .
_
Db _ _ _ _
Ab _ _ _ .
_ _ _ Well, anyway, I forgot that I told them that they could use this in a movie.
Db _
Gb Completely.
_
Db said it
Cm was okay, and then
Ab I just completely forgot about it.
So I was sitting in
Gb a movie.
theater, and this
Ab guitar music
Bbm came on, and I thought,
Db _
Gb _ well, I used to play just like that.
Ab _
Bbm _ _
Dm _ _ _ _ .
Bb _ _ _ _
F _
Dm _ _ _ .
Bb _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
F _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Dm I've been out
Gm walking.
Bb _ _ I
F don't do
Dm too much
Bb talking these days.
Am _ _ These _ days.
Bb These days.
I seem to think a lot about the things that I forgot
F to do.
_
C _ _ _ .
Bb And
C all the
Dm Bb times I _ had _ the.
chance to.
_ _ .
_
F _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
I stopped
Dm my rambling.
Bb _ _ .
I
F don't do too
Dm much gambling
Bb these _ days.
Am _ _ _ These days.
_ .
Bb These days I seem to think about how all the changes came
F about my way.
_
C _ _ .
And
Bb I
C wonder
Dm if.
Bb I'd see _ another _ _ _ _ highway.
_
F _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ I
Dm had a lover.
Bb _ _ _
F I don't think
Dm I'd risk another
Bb these days.
Am _ _ .
These.
_ _ days.
Bb And if I seem to be afraid to live the life that I have
F made it so long, _
C _ _ _
Dm it's just.
that I've
Bb been losing _ _ _ _ _ so _ _ long.
F _ .
_
Dm _ _
Bb _ _ _ _ _ .
F La la
Dm la la
Bb la.
_ .
_ _ _ La la la la
F la.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
I stopped
Dm my dreaming.
Bb _ _ .
I
F won't
Dm do too much scheming
Bb these days.
_
Am These _ _ _ days.
Bb These days I sit on cornerstones and.
count the time a quarter turns
F to ten.
_
B _
C _ _ .
Please
Bb don't
Dm confront me with
Bb my failures.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I had.
F not forgotten them.
Bb _ _ _
F _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .