Capo 5th fret, standard tuning
INTRO: ||: G | Bm | Em | D :||
G Bm
I hope this old train breaks down
Em D
Then I could take a walk around
G Bm
And see what there is to see
Em D
And time is just a melody
G
Well all the people in the street
Bm
Walk as fast as their feet can take them
Em D
I just roam through town
G
And though my windows got a view
Bm
Well the frame I’m looking through
Em D
Seems to have no concern for me now, so for now I
CHORUS:
G D/F# Em D
I, need this here old train to breakdown
G D/F# Em D
Oh, please just let me please breakdown
||: G | Bm | Em | D :||
G Bm
This engine screams out loud
Em D
Sayin’ the beat gonna crawl westbound
G Bm
So I don’t even make a sound
Em D
Cause it’s gonna sting me when I leave this town
G
All the people in the street
Bm
That I'll never get to meet
Em D
If these don’t bend somehow
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G Bm
And I got no time that I got to get to
Em D
Where I don’t need to be, so I
[CHORUS TWICE]
| G | D11 C | G |
I wanna break on down
| D11 C | G | D11 C | G | D11 C |
But I can’t stop now Let me break on down
G Bm
But you can’t stop nothing if you got no control
Em D
Of the thoughts in your mind that you kept in, you know
G Bm
You don’t know nothing, but you don’t need to know
Em D
The wisdom’s in the trees, not the glass windows
G Bm
You can’t stop wishing if you don’t let go
Em D
But things that you find and you lose, and you know
G Bm
You keep on rolling put the moment on hold
Em D
The frames too bright so put the blinds down low
[CHORUS TWICE]
| G | D/F# | Em | D | G | D/F#
I wanna break on down
| Em | D ||: G | D/F# | Em | D :|| G . . .
But I can’t stop now
D11
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