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"These Days"
(take 1 - take 2)
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rehearsal
(Lou Reed/Nico, 1970)
written by Jackson Browne
Apr 1970
hotel room, NYC
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(take 1)
[whistle] ........... (wal)-king
I don't do too much talking these days
These days
These days I seem to think about
how all the changes came about my ways
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
These days
These days, I, la-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
I had not forgotten them
(take 2)
These days I sit on corner stones
and count the time in quarter tones to ten
Please don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them
La-la-la-la-la-la
* all the strings downtuned a whole-tone
1d ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from e to d)
2A ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from B to A)
3F ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from G to F)
4C ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from D to C)
5G ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from A to G)
6D ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from E to D)
intro {G}{G}
{G.G(onF#)/Em.D}{C}{G.G(onF#)/Em.D}{C} (-king, I ...)
{Bm}{Bm} (These days ...)
{C}{C}{G}{D} (- days I seem ...)
{G.G(onF#)/Em.D}{C}{C}{C/ (la-la-la-la ...)
{G.G(onF#)/Em.D}{C}
{G}
{G.G(onF#)/Em.D}{C}{G.G(onF#)/Em.D}{C} (La-la-la-la ...)
{Bm}{Bm} (These days ...)
{C}{C}{G}{D} (- days, I, la ...)
{G.G(onF#)/Em.D}{C}{C} (La-la-la-la ...)
{G.G(onF#)/Em.D}{C}{G.G(onF#)/Em.D}{C} (- not ...)
{G..
(take 2)
{x}{C}{Em/G}{D} (These days I ...)
{G.G(onF#)/Em.D}{C}{C} (- front me ...)
{G}{G}{G/ (- not ...)
{G.G(onF#)/Em.D}{C}{C} (La-la-la-la ...)
{G.G(onF#)/Em.D}{C}{G.G(onF#)/Em.D}{C}
* chord forms (all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)
note: detailed arpeggio notes were omitted ("...").
so please play in your feeling.
[whistle] ....... -king I don't -
{G . G(onF#) / Em . D} {C}
*1d --------------------0...----2...----------------------
*2A --0...----0...------0...----3...------1...------------
*3F --0...----0...------0...----2...------0...------------
*4C --0...----0...------2...----0...------2...------------
*5G --2...----x...------2...--------------3...------------
*6D --3...----2...------0...------------------------------
- do too much talking these days
{G . G(onF#) / Em . D} {C}
--------------------0...----2...----------------------
--0...----0...------0...----3...------1...------------
--0...----0...------0...----2...------0...------------
--0...----0...------2...----0...------2...------------
--2...----x...------2...--------------3...------------
--3...----2...------0...------------------------------
These days, These -
{Bm} {Bm}
--2...----------------------2...---------5--2-----2---
--3...----------------------3...---------3--3--5--3---
--4...----------------------4...---------x--x--x--x---
--4...----------------------4...---------4--4--4--4---
--2...----------------------2...---------2--2--2--2---
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- days I seem to think about how all the changes came about my -
{C} {C}
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--1...----------------------1...----------------------
--0...----------------------0...----------------------
--2...----------------------2...----------------------
--3...----------------------3...----------------------
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- ways La-la-
{G} {D}
----------------------------2..---3..---2..---0..-----
--0-----------0-------------3..---3..---3..---3..-----
--0-----------0-------------2..---2..---2..---2..----- ...
--0-----------0-------------0..---0..---0..---0..-----
--2-----------2-------2--3----------------------------
--3-----------3---------------------------------------
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"These Days"
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album _Chelsea Girl_
(Nico, 1967)
acoustic guitar by Jackson Browne
* Lou didn't play on this version.
(transcribed as a reference)
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I've been out walking
I don't do too much talking these days
These days
These days I seem to think a lot
about the things that I forgot to do
And all the times I had
the chance to
I've stopped my rambling
I don't do too much gambling these days
These days
These days I seem to think about
how all the changes came about my ways
And I wonder if I'll see another
highway
I had a lover
I don't think I'll risk another these days
These days
And if I seem to be afraid
to live the life that I have made in song
It's just that I've been losing
so long
La-la-la-la-la
la-la
I've stopped my dreaming
I won't do too much scheming these days
These days
These days I sit on corner stones
and count the time in quarter tones to ten
Please don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them
* capo on 5 fret
(0) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)(10)(11)(12)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1e ... --||---|---|---|---|-a-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ...
2B ... --||---|---|---|---|-E-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ...
3G ... --||---|---|---|---|-C-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ...
4D ... --||---|---|---|---|-G-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ...
5A ... --||---|---|---|---|-D-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ...
6E ... --||---|---|---|---|-A-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ...
{C.G/Am.G}{F}{C.G/Am.G}
{F}{F}{C}{C}
{C.G/Am.G}{F}{C.G/Am.G}{F} (I've been out walking ...)
{Em}{Em} (These days, These -)
{F}{F}{Cmaj7}{G} (- days I seem to think a ...)
{C.G/Am.G}{F}{F}{F} (- all the times I had ...)
{C}{C}
{C.G/Am.G}{F}{C.G/Am.G}{F} (I've stopped my rambling ...)
{Em}{Em} (These days, These -)
{F}{F}{Cmaj7}{G} (- days I seem to think ...)
{C.G/Am.G}{F}{F}{F} (- wonder if I'll see ...)
{C}{C}{C}
{C.G/Am.G}{F}{C.G/Am.G}{F} (I had a lover ...)
{Em}{Em} (These days, And -)
{F}{F}{Cmaj7}{G} (- if I seem to be afraid ...)
{C.G/Am.G}{F}{F}{F} (- just that I've been ...)
{F/
{C.G/Am.G}{F}{F/
{C.G/Am.G}{F}{F}{F} (La-la-la-la-la, la-la)
{C}{C}
{C.G/Am.G}{F}{C.G/Am.G}{F} (I've stopped my dreaming ...)
{Em}{Em} (These days, These -)
{F}{F}{Cmaj7}{G} (- days I sit on corner ...)
{C.G/Am.G}{F}{F}{F} (-front me with my ...)
{C.G/Am.G}{F}{C/C... (- not forgotten them)
* chord forms (capo on 5 fret)
note: detailed arpeggio notes were omitted ("...").
so please play in your feeling.
I've been out walking
{C . G / Am . G} {F}
*1a ---------------------------------------------0...-----
*2E --1...-------------1...----0...------1...----1...-----
*3C --0...-------------2...----0...------2...----2...-----
*4G --2...--------0----2...----0...------3...----3...-----
*5D --3...----0h2------0...----2...------3...----3...-----
*6A ---------------------------3...------1...----1...-----
I don't do too much talking these days
{C . G / Am . G} {F}
---------------------------------------------0...-----
--1...-------------1...----0...------1...----1...-----
--0...-------------2...----0...------2...----2...-----
--2...--------0----2...----0...------3...----3...-----
--3...----0h2------0...----2...------3...----3...-----
---------------------------3...------1...----1...-----
These days, These -
{Em} {Em}
--0...----------------------0...----------------------
--0...----------------------0...----------------------
--0...----------------------0...----------------------
--2...----------------------2...----------------------
--2...----------------------2...----------------------
--0...----------------------0...----------------------
- days I seem to think a lot about the things that I forgot to -
{F} {F}
--------------0...----------0...--------0...---------
--1...--------1...----------1...--------1...---------
--2...--------2...----------2...--------2...---------
--3...--------3...----------3...--------3...---------
--3...--------3...----------3...--------3...---------
--1...--------1...----------1...--------1...---------
- do And -
{Cmaj7} {G}
--0-----------0--------------------------------------
--0-----------0--------------------------------------
--0-----------0--------------------------------------
--2-----------2------------------0h2----0--------0---
--3-----------3------------------------------0h2-----
------------------------2---3------------------------
- all the times I had
{C . G / Am . G} {F}
---------------------------------------------0...-----
--1...-------------1...----0...------1...----1...-----
--0...-------------2...----0...------2...----2...-----
--2...--------0----2...----0...------3...----3...-----
--3...----0h2------0...----2...------3...----3...-----
---------------------------3...------1...----1...-----
the chance to
{F} {F}
--0...--------0...----------0...--------0...---------
--1...--------1...----------1...--------1...---------
--2...--------2...----------2...--------2...---------
--3...--------3...----------3...--------3...---------
--3...--------3...----------3...--------3...---------
--1...--------1...----------1...--------1...---------
*** please note ***
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
^ - harmonics
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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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