Breakdown
Jack Johnson (2005)


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Intro
| [C] | [Em] | [Am] | [G] |
| [C] | [Em] | [Am] | [G] |

[C] I hope this old [Em] train breaks down
[Am] Then I could take a [G] walk around
[C] See what there [Em] is to see
[Am] Time is just a [G] melody
With all the [C] people in the street walkin' [Em] fast as there feet
Can take them, [Am] I just stroll through [G] town...
And though my [C] windows got a view, well the [Em] frame I'm lookin' through
Seems to [Am] have no concern for us [G] now

Chorus
[C] I [Em] need this, [Am] old train to [G] breakdown
[C] Oh, [Em] please just, [Am] let me just [G] breakdown

Instrumental
| [C] | [Em] | [Am] | [G] |
| [C] | [Em] | [Am] | [G] |

[C] Well this engine [Em] screams out loud
[Am] Centipede goin' to [G] crawl Westbound
[C] So I don't even [Em] make a sound 'cos
[Am] It's all goin' to sting me [G] when I leave this town
And all the [C] people in the street that I'll [Em] never get to meet
If [Am] these tracks don't bend some- [G] how
And [C] I got no time that I [Em] got to get to where, [Am] I don't need to [G] be, so I

Chorus
[C] I [Em] need this, [Am] old train to [G] breakdown
[C] Oh, [Em] please just, [Am] let me just [G] breakdown
[C] I [Em] need this, [Am] old train to [G] breakdown
[C] Oh, [Em] please just, [Am] let me just [G] breakdown

{C:Bridge
| [C] ... | [G] I want to [F] break on |
| [C] down... | [G] But I [F] can't stop |
| [C] now... | [G] Let me [F] break on |
| [C] down... | [G] [F]

But you [C] can't stop nothin' if you [Em] got no control
Of the [Am] thoughts in your mind that you [G] kept and you know
You [C] don't know nothin' but you [Em] don't need know
The [Am] wisdoms in the trees not the [G] glass windows
You [C] can't stop wishin' if you [Em] don't let go
Of the [Am] things that you find and you [G] lose you know
You [C] keep on rollin', put the [Em] moment on hold
The [Am] frames too bright, so put the [G] blinds down low

Chorus
[C] I [Em] need this, [Am] old train to [G] breakdown
[C] Oh, [Em] please just, [Am] let me just [G] breakdown
[C] I [Em] need this, [Am] old train to [G] breakdown
[C] Oh, [Em] please just, [Am] let me please [G] breakdown

Outro
[C] [Em] [Am] [G] I want to break on
[C] down... [Em] [Am] [G] But I can't stop
[C] now... [Em] [Am] [G]
[C] [Em] [Am] [G] [C↓]


#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 6/28/19 JJ
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