Jack Johnson – Breakdown Ukulele Chords

-1-½+½+1

    

Voice Range: A – D (1 octave + 6 half tone) – find your voice range here

 

       Only valid in the key of C
   C        Em       Am       G
A|---3-3------2-2------0-0------2-2-----|
E|--0---0----3---3----0---0----3---3----|
C|-0-----0--4-----4--0-----0--2-----2---|
G|--------------------------------------|

 

C   Em   Am   G   x2

 

Verse:
CI hope this old tEmrain breaks down
AmThen I could take a wGalk around
And, Csee what there Emis to see
AAmnd time is just a mGelody
All the pCeople in the street
Walk as fEmast as their feet can take them
AmI just roll through tGown
And though my Cwindows got a view
The fEmrame I’m looking through
Seems to Amhave no concern for Gnow, so for now

 

Chorus:
CI    nEmeed this Amold train to Gbreakdown
COh    pEmlease just Amlet me please Gbreakdown

 

C   Em   Am   G   x2

 

Verse:
CThis engine sEmcreams out loud
AmCentipede gonna cGrawl westbound
CSo I don’t even mEmake a sound
AmCause it’s gonna sting me when I lGeave this town
All the Cpeople in the street
That I’ll Emnever get to meet
If these Amtracks don’t bend someGhow
And CI got no time
That EmI got to get to
AmWhere I don’t need to Gbe, so I

 

Chorus:
CI    nEmeed this Amold train to Gbreakdown
COh    pEmlease just Amlet me please Gbreakdown
CI    nEmeed this Amold train to Gbreakdown
COh    pEmlease just Amlet me please Gbreakdown

 

Bridge:
C        GI wanna Fbreak on Cdown
GBut I Fcant stop Cnow
GLet me bFreak on Cdown       G        F

 

Verse:
But you Ccant stop nothing if you Emgot no control
Of the tAmhoughts in your mind that you kGept in, you know
You Cdon’t know nothing but you Emdon’t need to know
The Amwisdoms in the trees not the Gglass windows
You Ccant stop wishing if you Emdon’t let go
But Amthings that you find and you lGose, and you know
You Ckeep on rolling put the mEmoment on hold
The fAmrames too bright so put the bGlinds down low

 

Chorus:
CI    nEmeed this Amold train to Gbreakdown
COh    pEmlease just Amlet me please Gbreakdown
CI    nEmeed this Amold train to Gbreakdown
COh    pEmlease just Amlet me please Gbreakdown

 

C         Em        Am        GI wanna break on down
C         Em        Am        GBut I cant stop now
C   Em   Am   G
C   Em   Am   G
C