Capo 5th fret, standard tuning INTRO: ||: G | Bm | Em | D :|| G Bm I hope this old train breaks down Em D Then I could take a walk around G Bm And see what there is to see Em D And time is just a melody G Well all the people in the street Bm Walk as fast as their feet can take them Em D I just roam through town G And though my windows got a view Bm Well the frame I’m looking through Em D Seems to have no concern for me now, so for now I CHORUS: G D/F# Em D I, need this here old train to breakdown G D/F# Em D Oh, please just let me please breakdown ||: G | Bm | Em | D :|| G Bm This engine screams out loud Em D Sayin’ the beat gonna crawl westbound G Bm So I don’t even make a sound Em D Cause it’s gonna sting me when I leave this town G All the people in the street Bm That I'll never get to meet Em D If these don’t bend somehow G Bm And I got no time that I got to get to Em D Where I don’t need to be, so I [CHORUS TWICE] | G | D11 C | G | I wanna break on down | D11 C | G | D11 C | G | D11 C | But I can’t stop now Let me break on down G Bm But you can’t stop nothing if you got no control Em D Of the thoughts in your mind that you kept in, you know G Bm You don’t know nothing, but you don’t need to know Em D The wisdom’s in the trees, not the glass windows G Bm You can’t stop wishing if you don’t let go Em D But things that you find and you lose, and you know G Bm You keep on rolling put the moment on hold Em D The frames too bright so put the blinds down low [CHORUS TWICE] | G | D/F# | Em | D | G | D/F# I wanna break on down | Em | D ||: G | D/F# | Em | D :|| G . . . But I can’t stop now D11 ----------- | | | | 1 | <--3rd fret |_|_|_|_|_| | | 2 | | | |_|_|_|_|_| | 3 | | | | |_|_|_|_|_|