Jethro Tull – Locomotive Breath (Ukulele)
Key
-
Versions
(5)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Chords in brackets : the background strum pattern
[mute] : treat like a chord and just strum with all strings muted
... at the end of a line : strum pattern carries onto next line
[Intro]
E G D Em
Em G D Em
[Verse 1]
Em [mute] B [Em G D... In the shuffling madness Em] [mute] [Em G D... Of the locomotive breath Em] [mute] A [Em G D... Runs the all-time loser B] B D Headlong to his death Em [mute] [Em G D Em] He feels the piston scraping A Em [Em G D Em] Steam breaking on his brow
[Refrain]
G A Old Charlie stole the handle Bm And the train it won't stop going [Em G D Em] [mute] No way to slow down
E [mute]
[Em G D Em] [mute] Oh, oh!
Em G D Em [mute]
[Verse 2]
Em [mute] [Em G D Em] He sees his children jumping off [mute] [Em G D Em] D At the stations - one by one D Em E [Em G D Em] His woman and his best friend B [Em G D Em] In bed and having fun D Em B [Bm G D... Oh, He's crawling down the corridor Em][mute] [Em G D Em] On his hands and knees
[Refrain]
G A Old Charlie stole the handle and B Bm The train it won't stop going [Em G D Em] No way to slow down [mute strums][Em G B Em] [mute strums] Hey, hey!
[during flute solo]
[Em G D Em] x4 [B B B Em]
[Em G D Em] x2
A B
[Em G D Em] x3
[Verse 3]
Em [mute] [Em G D E] He hears the silence howling [mute] [Em G D Em] Catches angels as they fall [mute] [B G D Em] And the all-time winner B [Em... Has got him by the balls G D Em][mute] [Em G D E] Oh, he picks up Gideon's Bible [mute] [Em G D Em] Open at page one
[Refrain]
G Am I said, God, he stole the handle and B A B The train it won't stop goin' Em No way to slow down Ow!
[Outro]
[Em G D Em] No way to slow dooowwwn [Em G D Em] No way to slow down (Piano) [Em G D Em] No way to slow down Ow! [Em G D Em] No way to slow down (piano) [B B G Em] No way to slow down (piano) Aw! [Em G D Em] No way to slow down (piano)
(voice starts fading to nothing)
[Em G D Em] No way to slow down (piano)
G E