Break The Rules Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays424

Break The Rules by Status Quo is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Bb, D, F, Bb5 and A5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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  			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, 
                          Bb              G 
I walked off with her, I didn't want any ties 
    Bb                G 
And I knew it wasn't right 
     D                F   D      C    Bb  G     - D    
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, 
                         Bb           G 
I knew she'd done it so many times before 
    Bb                  G 
And I was offered the floor. 
    D                 F   D      C    Bb  G    - D 
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

                            C 



E|----------15-12----------------------------8------12r8------! 
H|-15r12----------15-12--10-8-8h10r8-11r10r8---10r8------8----| 
G|-------12------------------------------------------------10-| 
D|------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------| 

   G                                           D  
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|----------------------------------------------------------------| 

    F     D        C  Bb      G   D                          G          
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 
                     Bb                  G 
Purse was empty and lying there on the floor 
     Bb                G 
But like I told you before 
      D                F    D     C    Bb   G 
That everybody has to sometimes break the rules 

         G                        C                      G 
Spent a low down evening sitting high on a honky-tonk stool. 
        C                                        G 
And I spent my money like a low down honky-tonk fool. 
      D               F   D      C    Bb   G   
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules 
      D               F   D      C    Bb   G   
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules 
      D               Bb5       A5        G   
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules 


    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante