Intro:
guitar #1:
E|-------------10----------12-------10-------8----7--2-|
H|----10-11-12----12-12/13----13-12----12-10---10-8--3-|
G|-12---------------------------------------------7--2-|
D|---------------------------------------------------0-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
guitar #2:
E|-------------15----------15-------15------15-------2-|
H|----------12----12-12/13----13-12----12------------3-|
G|-12-14-15-------------------------------14---14-12-2-|
D|------------------------------------------------12-0-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Break The Rules
(Rossi/Young/Parfitt/Coghlan/Lancaster)
G
Spent a long long evening in a low down honky-tonk bar
Pulled a low down lady with a long black honky-tonk car
C
I asked no questions, got no lies,
BbG
I walked off with her, I didn't want any ties
BbG
And I knew it wasn't right
DFDCBbGD
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules.
G
Took me down on the highway doin' too may miles an hour
By that way she motor-talked we might have made the Eiffel Tower.
C
She stopped her motor by her own front door,
BbG
I knew she'd done it so many times before
BbG
And I was offered the floor.
DFDCBbGD
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules.
guitar solo:
G
E|------------10------------------10-----------------15----12--------------|
H|---------------10-12---------------10-12--15r12-------15----13-15-12-----|
G|-7(/8/9)/12----------7(/8/9)/12-----------------12-------------------12--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/status_quo/break_the_rules_tab.html )
C
E|----------15-12----------------------------8------12r8------!
H|-15r12----------15-12--10-8-8h10r8-11r10r8---10r8------8----|
G|-------12------------------------------------------------10-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
GD
E|------------10-----------------15-12----------------------------|
H|---------------10-12--15r12----------15-12-----10-10-10---------|
G|-7(/8/9)/12-----------------12--------------------------9b10-7--|
D|--------------------------------------------12------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
FDCBGDG
E|-13b15-12b13r12-10--------------------------------------------|
H|-------------------10b11r10-8---------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------12----10h11-----------------|
D|-------------------------------12----12-------12-10-----------|
A|----------------------------------------------------13-12-10--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
second solo: piano
third solo: harmonica
G
I woke up next morning feeling kind of up and down
Cos I did not know if I was in or out of town
C
Then I saw the face from the night before
BbG
Purse was empty and lying there on the floor
BbG
But like I told you before
DFDCBbG
That everybody has to sometimes break the rules
GCG
Spent a low down evening sitting high on a honky-tonk stool.
CG
And I spent my money like a low down honky-tonk fool.
DFDCBbG
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
DFDCBbG
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
DBb5A5G
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules