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Break The Rules
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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