Locomotive breath      (midi)
 
    Em - G - D – Em       Em - G - D - Em
 
   Em - G - D – Em
1.                          In the shuffling madness,
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                      of locomotive breath
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                           Runs the all-time loser
Em - G - D - B7
                          headlong to his death.
                Em
    Oh, he feels the pistons scraping,
Em  - G     D        Em
              steam breaking on his brow.
      D       G                     A
    Old Charlie stole the handle
                   B7                                                         Em
    and the train it won't stop going, no way to slow down.
    Em - G - D – Em
                   O    ho!
 
   Em - G - D – Em
2.                            He sees his children jumping off
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                            at stations one by one.
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                             His woman and his best friend
Em - G - D - B7              
                          in bed and having fun.
                    Em
    Oh, he's crawling down the corridor
Em  - G - D   Em
                      on his hands and knees.
      D       G                     A
    Old Charlie stole the handle
                   B7                                                         Em
    and the train it won't stop going, no way to slow down.
    Em      G       D       Em
             Yeah, yeah, yeah !
 
    Instrumental = verse 2         + Em – G – D - Em
 
   Em - G - D – Em
3.                          He hears the silence howling
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                    catches angels as they fall,
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                             And the all-time winner
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                          has got him by the balls
                 Em
    Oh, he picks up gideon's Bible.
Em  - G     D        Em
                          open at page one
         D       G                        A
    I thank God He stole the handle,
                   B7                                                         Em
    and the train it won't stop going, no way to slow down.
    Em        G   D    Em

    No way to slow down…..   (rep. and fade)

 

    (Jethro Tull)