Locomotive Breath

Ian Anderson / Jethro Tull: Aqualung (1971)

	Intro	Em	|:	Em	|	G	D	Em	:	|
		"Bourree"	|	/ x x x x x / - /	| / - /	/	/	/		|

	Em	Em			G		D		Em
	In the shuffling madness

	Em	Em			G		D		Em
	Of Locomotive Breath.

	Em	Em			G		D		B
	Runs the all-time loser

	B	B		D		Em
	Headlong to his death.

	Em	Em			G		D		Em
	Oh! He feels the pistons scraping,

	Em	Em			G
	Steam Breaking on his brow:

	D	G	A
	Old	Charlie stole the	handle

	B	D	A	B
And the	train, it	won't	stop	going:

	B	A	G	Em
	No way	to	slow	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!