"Breakdown" by Jack Johnson, Dan Nakamura and Paul
Huston
Verse 1:
[C] I hope this old [Em]
train breaks down.
[Am] Then I could take a [G]
walk around and
[C] See what there [Em]
is to see
[Am] Time is just a [G]
melody
With all the [C] people in the street
Walking [Em] fast as their feet
Can take them, [Am] I just roll through
town. [G]
And though my [C] window's got a view,
Well, the [Em] frame I'm looking through,
Seems to [Am] have no concern for me now.
[G]
So for now I...
[C] I need this here train [Am]
old train to [G] break down
[C] Oh, please just [Am]
let me please [G] breakdown
Instrumental bridge:
[C] [Em] [Am]
[G] [C] [Em]
[Am] [G]
Verse 2:
[C] Well, this engine [Em]
screams out loud,
[Am] Centipede gonna [G]
crawl west bound.
[C] So I don't even [Em]
make a sound cause
[Am] It's gonna sting me when I [G]
leave this town.
And all the [C] people in the street
That I'll [Em] never get to meet
(if) these [Am] tracks don't bend
somehow. [G]
And [C] I got no time
that I [Em] got to get to where
[Am] I don't need to be. [G]
So I...
[C] I need this here train [Am]
old train to [G] break down
[C] Oh, please just [Am]
let me please [G] breakdown.
[C] I need this here [Am]
old train to [G] break down
[C] Oh, please just [Am]
let me please [G] breakdown
[G] I wanna [F]
break on [C] down.
[G] But I [F]
can't stop now. [C]
[G] Let me [F]
break on down. [C] [G]
Verse 3:
[F] But you [C]
can't stop nothing if you [Em] got no
control
Of the [Am] thoughts in your mind that
you [G] kept in, you know.
You [C] don't know nothing, but you [Em]
don't need to know.
The [Am] wisdom's in the trees, not the [G]
glass windows.
You [C] can't stop wishing if you [Em]
don't let go
The [Am] things that you find and you [G]
lose you know.
You [C] keep on rolling, put the [Em]
moment on hold.
The [Am] frame's too bright so put the [G]
blinds down low.
And...
[C] [Em] [Am]
[G] I wanna break on [C]
down. [Em] [Am]
[G] But I can't stop now. [C]
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