Locomotive Breath -- Jethro Tull
Verse:
Play the Am C G Am progression like this
X = palm mute string
e---------------------xxxxxx--|B---------------------xxxxxx--|G---------------------xxxxxx--|D----7-7--10--5--7-7--xxxxxx--|A----7-7--10--5--7-7--xxxxxx--|E----5-5--8---3--5-5--xxxxxx--| 2x
Then the Am C G E progression
e------------------|B------------------|G----------------9-|D----7-7--10--5--9-|A----7-7--10--5--7-|E----5-5--8---3----| 1x
Then back to the Am C G Am progression
Verse 1:
Am C G Am
In the shuffling madness
Am C G Am
Of the locomotive breath
Am C G E
Runs the all time loser
E
Headlong to his death
G Am Am C G Am
Oh he feels the pistons scraping
Am C G
Steam breaking on his brow
Chorus:
G C D
Old Charlie stole the handle
E
And the train it won't stop going
G Am
Noway to slow down
Am C G Am
Ohhhhhhhh!
Verse 2 (same as verse 1):
Am C G Am
He sees his children jumping off
Am C G Am
At stations one by one
Am C G E
His woman and his best friend
E
In bed and having fun!
G Am Am C G Am
Oh hes crawling down the corridor
On his hands and knees
Chorus:
G C D
Old Charlie stole the handle
E
And the train it won't stop going
G Am
Noway to slow down
Am C G Am
A-hey Heey!
*Flute Solo
(Play the verse chords)
Verse 3:
Am C G Am
He hears the silence howling
Am C G Am
Catches angels as they fall
Am C G E
And all the time the winner
E
Has got him by the balls!
G Am Am C G Am
Oh he picks up Gidon's Bible
Am C G
Open at page one
Chorus
G C D
I thank God he stole the handle
E
And the train it won't stop going
G Am
No way to slow down
Repeat "No way to slow down" with the Am C G Am progression
and fade out.
"The distinguishing mark of man is the hand,
the instrument with which he does all his mischief..."
--MiScHiEf BrEw--
