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Breakdown

Jack Johnson
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D-DU-UDU
I  hope this old train  breaks down
Then  I could take a walk  around
And,  see what there is  to see
And  time is just a melody
 With all the people  in the street
 Walk as fast  as their feet can take them
I  just roll through town
 And though my window's  got a view, well
 The frame  Im looking through
 Seems to have  no concern for now,  so for now
 I need this
Old  train to breakdown
 Oh please just
Let  me please breakdown
This  engine screams  out loud
Centipede  gonna crawl  westbound
So  I don't even make  a sound
It's  gunna sting me when I leave  this town
 All the people  in the street
 That I'll never  get to meet
 If these tracks  don't bend somehow
 And I  got no time
 That I  got to get to
 Where  I don't need to be,  so I
I  wanna break  on down
 But I cant stop now
 Let me break on down
 But you cant  stop nothing
 If you got  no control
 Of the thoughts  in your mind
 That you kept  in, you know
 You don't  know nothing
 But you don't  need to know
 The wisdoms  in the trees
 Not the glass  windows
 You cant  stop wishing
 If you don't  let go
 But things  that you find
 And you lose,  and you know
 You keep  on rolling
 Put the moment  on hold
 The frames  too bright
 So put the blinds  down low
 I wanna break on down
 But I cant stop now

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Readable chord sheet for Breakdown by Jack Johnson

[G]   [Bm]   [Em]   [D]

[G]I hope this old t[Bm]rain breaks down
[Em]Then I could take a w[D]alk around
[G]And, see what there [Bm]is to see
[Em]And time is just a m[D]elody

With all the pe[G]ople in the street
Walk as f[Bm]ast as their feet can take them
[Em]I just roll through t[D]own

And though my w[G]indow's got a view, well
The fr[Bm]ame Im looking through
Seems to [Em]have no concern for n[D]ow, so for now

[G]  [G/f#]
I need this
[Em]Old train to br[D]eakdown
[G]  [G/f#]
Oh please just
[Em]Let me please br[D]eakdown

[G]   [Bm]   [Em]   [D]

[G]This engine sc[Bm]reams out loud
[Em]Centipede gonna cr[D]awl westbound
[G]So I don't even m[Bm]ake a sound
[Em]It's gunna sting me when I l[D]eave this town
All the p[G]eople in the street
That I'll n[Bm]ever get to meet
If these t[Em]racks don't bend someh[D]ow
And [G]I got no time
That [Bm]I got to get to
W[Em]here I don't need to [D]be, so I

[G]
[D]I wanna b[C]reak on d[G]own
But I cant stop now
Let me break on down

[D]    [C]

But you c[G]ant stop nothing
If you [Bm]got no control
Of the th[Em]oughts in your mind
That you k[D]ept in, you know
You d[G]on't know nothing
But you [Bm]don't need to know
The w[Em]isdoms in the trees
Not the gl[D]ass windows

You c[G]ant stop wishing
If you d[Bm]on't let go
But t[Em]hings that you find
And you l[D]ose, and you know
You k[G]eep on rolling
Put the [Bm]moment on hold
The fr[Em]ames too bright
So put the bl[D]inds down low

[G]    [Bm]     [Em]     [D]  I wanna break on down
[G]    [Bm]     [Em]     [D]  But I cant stop now
[G]   [Bm]   [Em]   [D]
[G]   [Bm]   [Em]   [D]
[G]

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