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A Brokedown Melody

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A brokedown Melody
Tab by Gavin Wahl-Stephens
Standard tuning
Intro
CAfGteFr C, Slide from F to G
Verse 
C Em Am G
We could be here all night long...all night 
This is a brokedown melody for the wooodshed 
CI hope this old Emtrain breaks down 
AmAnd i could take a walGk around 
You see there's no time you see 
Cause time is just melody 
With all the people in the street 
Walking fast as their feet can take them 
I might just roll through town 
And though my window's got a view 
The frame i'm lookin through 
Seems to have no concern for miles 
For now I 
I need this 
Old train to breakdown 
Oh please just 
Let me please breakdown 
Well this engine screams out loud 
Sayin the P gonna crawl westbound 
And i don't even make a sound cuz 
Gonna sting me when i leave this town 
All the people in the street 
That i never get to meet 
These tracks gonna bend somehow 
And i got no time 
That i got to get 
To where i don't need to be, so i 
I need this 
Old train to breakdown 
Oh please just 
Let me please breakdown 
Break on down 
Intro  C   G  F  
I gotta break on down 
(one strum on C and pause, then Am)
CBut you can't stop nothin 
If you got no control 
AmOf the thoughts in your mind 
That you kept and you know 
CThat you don't know nothin 
But you don't need to know 
AmThe wisdom's in the trees 
Not the glass window's 
(Then back to normal)
You can't stop wishin 
If you dont let go 
Of the things that you find 
And you lose and you know 
You keep on rollin 
Put the moment on hold 
But the frames still bright 
With the blinds down low 
And I need this 
Old train to breakdown 
Oh please just 
Let me please breakdown 
I need this 
Old train to breakdown 
Oh please just 
Let me just breakdown      F       G
(then back to regular chords)
Oh, let me break on

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A Brokedown Melody

by Jack Johnson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

A brokedown Melody

Tab by Gavin Wahl-Stephens

Standard tuning

Intro

C G F

After C, Slide from F to G

Verse

C Em Am G

We could be here all night long...all night

This is a brokedown melody for the wooodshed

C Em

I hope this old train breaks down

Am G

And i could take a walk around

You see there's no time you see

Cause time is just melody

With all the people in the street

Walking fast as their feet can take them

I might just roll through town

And though my window's got a view

The frame i'm lookin through

Seems to have no concern for miles

For now I

I need this

Old train to breakdown

Oh please just

Let me please breakdown

Well this engine screams out loud

Sayin the P gonna crawl westbound

And i don't even make a sound cuz

Gonna sting me when i leave this town

All the people in the street

That i never get to meet

These tracks gonna bend somehow

And i got no time

That i got to get

To where i don't need to be, so i

I need this

Old train to breakdown

Oh please just

Let me please breakdown

Break on down

C G F

Intro

I gotta break on down

(one strum on C and pause, then Am)

But you can't stop nothin

If you got no control

Of the thoughts in your mind

That you kept and you know

That you don't know nothin

But you don't need to know

The wisdom's in the trees

Not the glass window's

(Then back to normal)

You can't stop wishin

If you dont let go

Of the things that you find

And you lose and you know

You keep on rollin

Put the moment on hold

But the frames still bright

With the blinds down low

And I need this

Old train to breakdown

Oh please just

Let me please breakdown

I need this

Old train to breakdown

Oh please just

Let me just breakdown F G

(then back to regular chords)

Oh, let me break on

About A Brokedown Melody Chords by Jack Johnson

Learn how to play A Brokedown Melody by Jack Johnson with free guitar chords, lyrics, and interactive chord diagrams. Search for “A Brokedown Melody chords”, “A Brokedown Melody guitar chords”, or “Jack Johnson A Brokedown Melody chords” and you will find this page — transpose to any key, tap chords for diagrams, and use auto-scroll while you play. Perfect for beginners looking for easy A Brokedown Melody chords and for experienced players who want accurate A Brokedown Melody lyrics and chords in one place. Common chords in this song include A, C, G, F, Em, Am.

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The chords for "A Brokedown Melody" show the original chord names (including A, C, G, F, Em, Am). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.