Locomotive chords by Guns N' Roses

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Abm

🎸 Intro:

Ab Fm Ab Fm
Ab Fm Gb Db/F Eb Gb Db/F Eb
Gb


Pre-🎸 Verse:
Ab


🎸 Verse 1:
Ab
Gonna find a way to cure this loneliness
Ab
Yeah I'll find a way to cure the pain
Ab
If I said that you're my friend
Ab
And our love would never end
                   B
How long before I had your trust again
 Ab
I opened up the doors when it was cold outside
Ab
Hopin' that you'd find your own way in
Ab
But how can I protect you
Ab
Or try not to neglect you
Ab
When you won't take the love I have to give

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
Fm             Abm
I bought me an illusion An I
Abm
put it on the wall
Fm
I let it fill my head with dreams
  Abm
And I had to have them all
  Fm
But oh the taste is never so sweet
Eb
As what you'd believe it is
Eb
Well I guess it never is
Eb
It's these prejudiced illusions
Eb
That pump the blood
          Gb
To the heart of the biz


🎸 Verse 2:
Ab  Ab
 You know I never thought
Ab
That it could take so long
Ab
You know I never knew how to be strong
Ab
Yeah, I let you shape me
Ab
But I feel as though you raped me
Ab
'Cause you climbed inside my world
Ab
And in my songs
Ab
So now I've closed the door
Ab
To keep the cold outside
Ab
Seems somehow I've found the will to live
Ab
But how can I forget you
Ab
Or try not to reject you
                     Db Gb
When we both know it takes time to forgive


🎸 Chorus:
Ab    G    Gb
Sweetness is a virtue
F      E          B
And you lost your virtue long ago
  Ab    G      Gb
You know I'd like to hurt you
F   E              B
But my conscience always tells me no
     Ab    G  Gb   F
You could sell your body on the street
  E           B
To anyone whom you might meet
   Ab   G    Gb    F
Who'd love to try and get inside
  E       Eb
And bust your innocence open wide
     Ab
'Cause my baby's got a locomotive
Ab
My baby's gone off the track
Ab
My baby's got a locomotive
Ab
Got ta peel the bitch off my back
Db Ab  Db  Ab     Ab Db  Ab Db Ab
 I know it looks like I'm insane
Db   Ab  Db   Ab    Db   B
 Take a closer look I'm not to blame


🎸 Solo 2:
Ab
 No


🎸 Verse 3:
Ab
Gonna have some fun with my frustration
Ab
Gonna watch the big screen in my head
Ab
I'd rather take a detour
Ab
'Cause this road ain't gettin' clearer
Ab
Your train of thought has cut me off again
B Ab
 Better tame that boy 'cause he's a wild one
Ab
Better tame that boy for he's a man
Ab
Sweetheart don't make me laugh
Ab
You's gettin' too big for your pants
Ab
And I's think maybe you should
Ab
Cut out while you can


🎸 Pre-Chorus:
F                Ab
You can use your illusion Let it
Ab
take you where it may
F
We live and learn
          Ab          F
And then sometimes it's best to walk away
F
Me I'm just here hangin' on
   Eb
It's my only place to stay at least
Eb
For now anyway
Eb
I've worked too hard for my illusions
            Gb
Just to throw them all away


🎸 Verse 4:
Ab  Ab
 I'm taking time for quiet consolation
Ab
In passing by this love that's passed away
Ab
I know it's never easy
Ab
So why should you believe me
Ab
When I've always got so many things to say
Ab
Calling off the dogs a simple choice is made
Ab
'Cause playful hearts
Ab
Can sometimes be enraged
Ab
You know I tried to wake you
Ab
I mean how long could it take you
                   Db Gb
To open up your eyes and turn the page


🎸 Chorus:
Ab    G    Gb
Kindness is a treasure
F      E               B
And it's one towards me you've seldom shown
    Ab   G    Gb   F
So I'll say it for good measure
  E             B
To all the ones like you I've known
  Ab    G      Gb   F
Ya know I'd like to shave your head
    E
And all my friends could Paint it red
B
    Ab   G   Gb   F
'Cause love to me's a two way street
   E    Eb
An all I really want is peace
    Ab
But my baby's got a locomotive
Ab
My baby's gone off the track
Ab
My baby's got a locomotive
Ab
Got ta peel the bitch off my back
Ab
Db Ab   Db   Ab   Ab Db Ab Db Ab
 I know it looks like I'm insane
Db   Ab  Db   Ab    Db   B
 Take a closer look I'm not to blame


🎸 Solo 4:
Ab Bb Gb Db/F Eb Gb


🎸 Interlude:
Ab
No


🎸 Chorus:
 Ab   G     Gb
Affection is a blessing
F      E            B
Can you find it in your sordid heart
      Ab    G     Gb
I tried to keep this thing Tage
ther
F     E          B
But the tremor tore my pad apart
Ab   G     Gb     F
Yeah I know it's hard to face
    E                B
When all we've worked for's gone to waste
      Ab      G
But you're such a stupid woman
    Gb      F
And I'm such a stupid man
  E        Eb
But love like time's got its own plans
     Ab
'Cause my baby's got a locomotive
Ab
My baby's gone off the track
Ab
My baby's got a locomotive
Ab
Got ta peel the bitch off my back
Db Ab   Db   Ab     Db Ab Db Ab
 I know it looks like I'm insane
Db   Ab  Db   Ab     Db   Ab
 Take a closer look I'm not to blame
Db Ab Db Ab Db Ab Db Ab
Db   Ab  Db   Ab        Db   Ab B
If love is blind I guess I'll buy myself a cane


🎸 Outro:
Abm7 Gb E Abm7
Gb E Abm7 Gb
E Abm7 Gb E
Abm7 Gb E Abm7
Gb E Abm7 Gb
E Abm7 Gb E
Abm7 Gb E Abm7
Gb E Abm7 Gb
E Abm7 Gb E
Abm7 Gb E Abm7
Gb


Fade-Out:
E Abm7 Gb E
Abm7 Gb