Chords for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jackson Browne, These Days

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_ This kid, he's this 15 year old kid and he's an [G] amazing songwriter.
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_ If he's an amazing songwriter and you're an amazing songwriter, then none of us have to write songs for a while. _
_ Well, we met this guy and he played in our band when we very, the very beginning _ of our band back in _ early part of 1966 and until the middle of the summer of that year.
And he's an amazing guy and I have to say, _ _ I've said it before, I know, by God, _ _ _ there's so many _ _ _ incredible songwriters on the stage with us tonight.
This guy is one of my favorite band members.
I think that _ he has a true gift, he's a true poet.
_ Please welcome Mr.
Jackson Green. _ _ _ _
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_ _ You know the joke, you know the joke that my mom used to tell me?
I played washed up bass. _
_ _ _ _ Now and then they would have me play it.
_ _ _ _ _ We _ _ [C] don't know jokes, you know. _ _
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_ [C] You gotta [G] be careful not to throw around the [Am] number 50, you know. _
[C] We've been knowing each other for 50 [F] years. _
And [C] uh, _ _ _ [F] he's amazing.
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ The root of that name really is the city of the _ _ country of [F] the traditional.
[C] _ _ _ [N] _ This is a song that I wrote around the time that I was in the group. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Bb] changed over the years for a long time.
I'm going to sing all the original words tonight.
I've prepared for that for [G] a while [C] and it's [A] been a bit changed [C] after that. _ _
[Cm] Boy, this is [N] _ _ _ from my 16 year old brain. _ _ _ _
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believe in these [F] _ days _
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And _ _ [F] _ if I seem to be afraid to live the life that I have made [C] it _ _ _
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_ _ And I know [F] these _ days
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days I'll see a corner store
And count the time of quarter toast
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