Locomotive Breath Bass

LOCOMOTIVE BREATH (Bassline)
As recorded by Jethro Tull
(From the 1971 Album AQUALUNG)
 
Words and Music by Ian Anderson
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jeffrey Hammond - Bass'
 
  [Intro]
  Q=60          Q=160
  4/4
   Gtr I
   Wx12          Wx21
G|-------------|---------||
D|-------------|---------||
A|-------------|---------||
E|-------------|---------||
 
 
  (1:21)
  Q=124
  4/4
   E E E E q  q    Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q
G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|------------5--|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5--|
E|---7-7-7-3-----|-----------------|---7-7-7-3-----|
 
 
   Q   Q   Q   Q     e E E E q  q
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5----|
E|-----------------|---7-7-7-3-------|
 
 
   [1st & 2nd Verses]
     Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q    Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q
G||------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
D||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
A||o-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5--|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5---|
E||------------------|---7-7-7-3-----|-----------------|---7-7-7-3------|
 
 
   Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q    Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5--|-----------------|------------5--|
E|-----------------|---7-7-7-3-----|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7-7-7-7-7-----|
 
 
   Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q    Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
D|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
A|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5--|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5--||
E|-----------------|---7-7-7-3-----|-----------------|---7-7-7-3-----||
 
 
  [Chorus]
   q  E E E E E E    q  E E E E E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q
G|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------5--|
E|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-/5----5-5-5-5-5-|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7-7-7-7-7-----|
 
 
   Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q    Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
D|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------o||
A|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5--|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5--o||
E|-----------------|---7-7-7-3-----|-----------------|---7-7-7-3------||
 
 
   [Flute Solo & 3rd Verse]
     Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q    Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q
G||------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
D||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
A||o-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5--|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5---|
E||------------------|---7-7-7-3-----|-----------------|---7-7-7-3------|
 
 
   Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q    Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5--|-----------------|------------5--|
E|-----------------|---7-7-7-3-----|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7-7-7-7-7-----|
 
 
   Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q    Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5--|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5--|
E|-----------------|---7-7-7-3-----|-----------------|---7-7-7-3-----|
 
 
   q  E E E E E E    q  E E E E E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q
G|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------5--|
E|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-/5----5-5-5-5-5-|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7-7-7-7-7-----|
 
 
   Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q    Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
D|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------o||
A|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5--|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5--o||
E|-----------------|---7-7-7-3-----|-----------------|---7-7-7-3------||
 
 
  [Out-Chorus]
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   q  Q  H      E E E E q  q
G|----------------|----------------|------------|---------------|
D|----------------|----------------|------------|---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|------------|------------5--|
E|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-5----5-5-5-5-5-|-7----------|---7-7-7-7-----|
 
 
     Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q    Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E q  q
G||------------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------o||
A||o-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5--|-7\--7\--7\--7\--|-7----------5---o||
E||------------------|---7-7-7-3-----|-----------------|---7-7-7-3-------||
 
[Lyrics]
In the shuffling madness
Of the locomotive breath
Runs the all-time loser
Headlong to his death
 
Oh, he feels the piston scraping
Steam breaking on his brow
Old Charlie stole the handle
And the train—it won't stop going
No way to slow down
 
He sees his children jump off
At the 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
 
No way to slow down
No way to slow down
No way to slow down
No way to slow down
No way to slow down
No way to slow down
 
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Duration Legend
 
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
 
|   /\  -  slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
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