Chords for Locomotive Breath
Tempo:
121 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
G
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [E]
[Em]
[E]
Oh, there he goes.
[A]
[E] Oh, good.
[Em]
[B] [E] [Em]
[E] [B]
[E] In the shuffling madness
of locomotive breath
runs the all-time loser
[B] headlong to his death
[E] Oh, he feels the piston scraping [G] by
[A] steam breaking his brow
[G] Old Charlie stole the [A] handle
[B] and the train won't stop going
no way [E] to slow down
He [D]
[E] [D]
[E] sees the children jump off
half-stations one mile
His woman and his best friend
[B] in bed and having fun
[E] Oh, he's crawling down the corridor
[A] on his hands and knees
[G] Old Charlie [A] stole the handle
[B] and the train won't stop going
no way [E] to slow down
[B]
[E]
[Bm]
[B]
[E]
[A]
[G] [A]
[E]
[D]
[A] [E]
He hears the silence howling
catches his breath as they fall
And the all-time winner
[B] has got to fly the boss
[E] Oh, he picks up Gideon's Bible
[A] open and take one
[G] And I thank God
[A] stole the handle
[B] and the train won't stop going
no way to [E] slow down
No, [D] it can't [E] slow down
No way to slow down
[D] No, it [E] [D]
[E] [A] can't
No, it [E] won't slow down
No, it can't slow down
[G] It won't slow [Em] down
[E]
[G] [E] [Em]
[E] No!
[A] [E] [F#]
[Em]
[E]
Oh, there he goes.
[A]
[E] Oh, good.
[Em]
[B] [E] [Em]
[E] [B]
[E] In the shuffling madness
of locomotive breath
runs the all-time loser
[B] headlong to his death
[E] Oh, he feels the piston scraping [G] by
[A] steam breaking his brow
[G] Old Charlie stole the [A] handle
[B] and the train won't stop going
no way [E] to slow down
He [D]
[E] [D]
[E] sees the children jump off
half-stations one mile
His woman and his best friend
[B] in bed and having fun
[E] Oh, he's crawling down the corridor
[A] on his hands and knees
[G] Old Charlie [A] stole the handle
[B] and the train won't stop going
no way [E] to slow down
[B]
[E]
[Bm]
[B]
[E]
[A]
[G] [A]
[E]
[D]
[A] [E]
He hears the silence howling
catches his breath as they fall
And the all-time winner
[B] has got to fly the boss
[E] Oh, he picks up Gideon's Bible
[A] open and take one
[G] And I thank God
[A] stole the handle
[B] and the train won't stop going
no way to [E] slow down
No, [D] it can't [E] slow down
No way to slow down
[D] No, it [E] [D]
[E] [A] can't
No, it [E] won't slow down
No, it can't slow down
[G] It won't slow [Em] down
[E]
[G] [E] [Em]
[E] No!
[A] [E] [F#]
Key:
E
A
B
G
Em
E
A
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, there he goes. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] Oh, good.
[Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ In the shuffling madness _
_ of _ locomotive breath _
_ runs the all-time loser
_ [B] _ headlong to his death
[E] Oh, he feels the piston scraping [G] by
_ [A] _ steam breaking his brow
[G] Old Charlie stole the [A] handle _
[B] and the train won't stop going
no way [E] to slow down
_ He [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ sees the children jump off
half-stations one mile _
_ His woman and his best friend
[B] _ in bed and having _ fun
[E] Oh, he's crawling down the corridor
_ [A] on his hands and knees
[G] Old Charlie [A] stole the handle _
[B] and the train won't stop going
no way [E] to slow down _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ He hears the silence _ howling
_ catches his breath as they fall _
_ _ And the all-time winner _
_ [B] _ has got to fly the boss
[E] Oh, he picks up Gideon's Bible _
_ [A] open and take one
[G] And I thank God
[A] stole the handle _
[B] and the train won't stop going
no way to [E] slow down
_ No, [D] it can't [E] slow down
_ _ _ No way to slow _ down
_ [D] No, it _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] can't
No, it [E] won't slow down
_ _ No, it can't slow down
_ [G] It won't slow [Em] down
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] No!
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, there he goes. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] Oh, good.
[Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ In the shuffling madness _
_ of _ locomotive breath _
_ runs the all-time loser
_ [B] _ headlong to his death
[E] Oh, he feels the piston scraping [G] by
_ [A] _ steam breaking his brow
[G] Old Charlie stole the [A] handle _
[B] and the train won't stop going
no way [E] to slow down
_ He [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ sees the children jump off
half-stations one mile _
_ His woman and his best friend
[B] _ in bed and having _ fun
[E] Oh, he's crawling down the corridor
_ [A] on his hands and knees
[G] Old Charlie [A] stole the handle _
[B] and the train won't stop going
no way [E] to slow down _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ He hears the silence _ howling
_ catches his breath as they fall _
_ _ And the all-time winner _
_ [B] _ has got to fly the boss
[E] Oh, he picks up Gideon's Bible _
_ [A] open and take one
[G] And I thank God
[A] stole the handle _
[B] and the train won't stop going
no way to [E] slow down
_ No, [D] it can't [E] slow down
_ _ _ No way to slow _ down
_ [D] No, it _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] can't
No, it [E] won't slow down
_ _ No, it can't slow down
_ [G] It won't slow [Em] down
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] No!
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _