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|-----------------------------------------------------|(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 carC I asked no questions, got no lies,Bb G I walked off with her, I didn't want any tiesBb G And I knew it wasn't right But everybody has to sometimes break the rules.G Took me down on the highway doin' too may miles an hourContinues after the adBy 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 beforeBb G And I was offered the floor. 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: harmonicaG I woke up next morning feeling kind of up and down Cos I did not know if I was in or out of townC Then I saw the face from the night beforeBb G Purse was empty and lying there on the floorBb G But like I told you beforeD F D C Bb G That everybody has to sometimes break the rulesG 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 rulesD F D C Bb G But everybody has to sometimes break the rulesD Bb5 A5 G But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
Break The Rules
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Composition: Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Robert Young, John Coghlan, and Alan Lancaster
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