Break The Rules

Status Quo

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) Spent a long long evening in a low down honky-tonk bar Pulled a low down lady with a long black honky-tonk car I asked no questions, got no lies, I walked off with her, I didn't want any ties And I knew it wasn't right But everybody has to sometimes break the rules. 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. She stopped her motor by her own front door, I knew she'd done it so many times before And I was offered the floor. But everybody has to sometimes break the rules. guitar solo: 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------15-12----------------------------8------12r8------! H|-15r12----------15-12--10-8-8h10r8-11r10r8---10r8------8----| G|-------12------------------------------------------------10-| D|------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| 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|----------------------------------------------------------------| 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 I woke up next morning feeling kind of up and down Cos I did not know if I was in or out of town Then I saw the face from the night before Purse was empty and lying there on the floor But like I told you before That everybody has to sometimes break the rules Spent a low down evening sitting high on a honky-tonk stool. And I spent my money like a low down honky-tonk fool. But everybody has to sometimes break the rules But everybody has to sometimes break the rules But everybody has to sometimes break the rules

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