Bending The Rules And Breaking The Law Chords

KeyG Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays486

Bending The Rules And Breaking The Law by Brantley Gilbert is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, A, Bm, D and Dsus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			 
Intro:   G  A    Bm  (2x)
 
Verse: 1
 
G                A             Bm 
Growing up I was always mama's angel 
G             A              Bm 
Never new I'd ever fall from grace 
        G                 A                 Bm 
I was taught to walk With God and run from trouble 
         G                                         A 
But I ran with a crowd that was bound to change my ways 


         D 
I was proud to be in the bad news crowd 
       A 
The one my mama warned me about 
       Bm            A                G 
The closest thing to hell she'd ever raised 
            D                                 A 
But when I look back on those days I knew I'd never change a thing 
   Bm                A                    G 
I made mistakes that paved the way to the man I am today 
                 Dsus2           A   
I’m proud of em all, and I had a ball 

bending the rules and breaking the law 

Intro:   G  A  Bm  (2x) 

Verse: 2
 
       G                  A                 Bm 
We were bad about sneakin out and shootin  road signs 
G                 A                     Bm 
Throwing eggs and rollin every yard in town 
        G                   A                    Bm 
Yeah my claim to fame was a babe Ruth swing on a mailbox 
         G                           A 
Yeah the police just love driving me around 

Chorus 

Bridge:
 
Dsus2             A 
Yeah you learn to walk the way you talk 
     G 
The DUI means SOL 
A 
Respect was earned 
                      Bm    A    G 
You live and learn to pray 
             A 
You learn to pray 
         D 
We were proud to be in the bad news crowd 
    A 
The one our mamas warned us about 
       Bm            A                  G 
The closest thing to hell they’ve ever raised 
           D                                    A 
But when I look back on those days I know we'd never change a thing 
Bm                 A                      G 
Made mistakes that paved the way for the men we are today 
                Dsus2                      A 
We’re proud of em all, yall. And we had a ball 


Outro: G   A   Bm   (2x) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante