La canción refleja los sentimientos de desilusión y contemplación de Jackson Browne sobre su vida y las personas a su alrededor durante un período de cambio en los años 60. Fue escrita cuando tenía 16 años y capta una sensación de envejecimiento prematuro y la consideración de los propios fracasos.
Tono: C
Introducción:
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G/B
Am7
G
F9M
x2
C
G/B
Am7
G
F7M
Well I've been out walkin'
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G/B
Am7
G
F7M
And I don't do that much talking, these days
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G
These days
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These days I seem to think a lot
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G
E/G#
About the things that I forgot to do, for you
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F7M
And all the times I had a chance to
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G/B
Am7
G
F7M
C
G/B
Am7
G
F7M
Well I had a lover
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G/B
Am7
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F7M
It's so hard to risk another these days
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G
These days
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Now if I seem to be afraid
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G
E/G#
To live the life that I have made in song
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F7M
Well it's just that I have been losing, so long
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G/B
Am7
G
F7M
C
G/B
Am7
G
F7M
C
G
F
C
G
E/G#
Am
Em
F7M
C
G/B
Am7
G
F7M
Well, I'll keep on movin', moving on
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G/B
Am7
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F7M
Things are bound to be improvin' these days
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G
One of these days
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These days I sit on corner stones
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E/G#
And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend