Locomotive Breath

Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)

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

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

In[Em] the shuffling madne[Em]ss    [G]        [D]            [Em]

of[Em] Locomotive Breath    [Em]          [G]              [D]                  [Em]

Ru[Em]ns the all-time lose[Em]r     [G]         [D]             [B]

He[B]adlong to his death[B]     [B]         [D]             [Em]

Oh[Em] He feels the piston[Em]s scra[G]ping[D]    [Em]

St[Em]eam Breaking on his [Em]brow  [G]      [D]

Ol[G]d Charlie stole the ha[A]ndle

An[B]d the train it won't stop go[B]ing no wa[D]y to slow [Em]down

He sees his children jumping off
At stations one by one
His woman and his best friend
In bed and having fun
Oh he's crawling down the corridor
On his hands and knees
Old Charlie stole the handle
And the train it won't stop going no way to slow down

He hears the silence howling
Catches angels as they fall
And the all-time winner
Has got him by the balls
Oh he picks up gideon's Bible
Open at page one
I thank god He stole the handle
And the train it won't stop going no way to slow down...

Chords used:

  [Em]    022000 or x79987
G       320003 or 355433

  [D]     xx0232 or x57775

  [B]     x24442 or 799877

  [A]     x02220 or 577655

Sekhar Narayanaswami

"I wanna find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each others paint-by-number dreams"          -- Jackson Browne