Breakdown

Jack Johnson

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Intro
C Em Am G C Em Am G C 
             

            Em                    Am 
I hope this old train breaks down  

                  G             C 
Then I could take a walk around  

         Em              Am 
See what there is to see  

        G 
Time is just a melody 


Verse
     C 
With all the people in the street 

                              Am 
Walking as fast as their feet can take 'em 

            G 
I just roll through town 

    C 
And though my window's got a view 


Well the frame I'm looking through 

Am                           G 
Seems to have no concern for me now 

           C 
So for now  


Chorus
G 
I 

            Am           G        C 
I need this   old train to break down 

G              Am 
Oh please just   let me please breakdown 

C 
 


Inst
Am G C Am G7 G 
         


Verse
C                                   Am 
 Well this engine screams out loud  

          G                     C 
Centipede gonna crawl westbound  

           Em 
So I don't even make a sound 

       Am                  G 
'cause it's gonna sting me when I leave this town 

    C 
And all the people in the street 


That I'll never get to meet 

Am                      G 
These tracks don't bend somehow 

C                                   Am 
And I got no time that I got to get to 

                   G        C 
Where I don't need to be so  


Chorus
G 
I 

       Am             G        C 
I need this old train to break down 

G         Am          G                C 
Oh please just let me please breakdown  

G      Am             G             C 
I need this old train to break down  

G              Am                         C G 
Oh please just   let me please breakdown   

              C       G 
I wanna break on down  

            C        G 
But I can't stop now  

             C       G 
Let me break on down  


Verse
C 
But you can't stop nothing if you got no control 

C                                                       C 
Of the thoughts in your mind that you kept and you know  

                                             G 
You don't know nothing but you don't need to know 

    C 
The wisdom's in the trees not the glass windows 

                                        Em 
You can't stop wishing if you don't let go 

    Am                                        G 
The things that you find and you lose and you know 

    C                                 Am 
You keep on rolling put the moment on hold 

                                              G 
The frame's too bright so put the blinds down low and 


Chorus
C        G    Am                         C 
 I need this   old train to break down  

          G    Am                         G C 
Oh please just   let me please breakdown   

       G    C     Am7            G    C 
I need this  old train to break down  

          G    Am 
Oh please just   let me please breakdown 

G 
 


Outro
C CM7 C Am 
      

        G        C    Em Am 
I wanna break on down    

      C 
But I can't stop now 

G Am7 G C G C G7 C 
           


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C 
 

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