Break The Rules Chords

by Status Quo
13,881 views, added to favorites 311 times
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author belavista man [a] 2,257.
3 contributors total, last edit on May 11, 2023

Chords

G5
C5
Bb5
D5
F5

Strumming

There is no strumming pattern for this song yet. Create and get +5 IQ
Status Quo - Break The Rules
(Rossi/Young/Parfitt/Coghlan/Lancaster)
 
[Intro]
| G5 | % | %  | % |
 
[Verse 1]
        G5
Spent a long long evening in a low down honky-tonk bar
        G5
Pulled a low down lady with a long black honky-tonk car
  C5
I asked no questions, I got no lies
  C5                     Bb5             G5
I walked off with her, I didn't want any ties
    Bb5              G5
And I knew it wasn't right
    D5               F5  D5    C5    Bb5 G5
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
 
[Verse 2]
        G5
Took me down on the highway doin' too many miles an hour
        G5
By that way she motor-talked we might have made the Eiffel Tower
    C5
She stopped her motor by her own front door
  C5                 Bb5                G5
I knew she'd done it so many times before
    Bb5
But I was offered the floor
    D5               F5  D5    C5    Bb5 G5
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
 
[Instrumental]
(Guitar)
| G5 | % | %  | % |
| C5 | % | G5 | % |
| D5 | % | G5 | % |
 
(Harmonica)
| G5 | % | %  | % |
| C5 | % | G5 | % |
| D5 | % | G5 | % |
 
| G5 | % |
 
[Verse 3]
       G5
I woke up next morning feeling kind of up and down
       G5
'Cos I did not know if I was in or out of town
       C5
Then I saw the face from the night before
                    Bb5                  G5
Purse was empty and lying there on the floor
    Bb5                  G5
But like I told you before
     D5               F5  D5    C5    Bb5 G5
That everybody has to sometimes break the rules
 
[Verse 4]
        G5
Spent a low down evening sitting high on a honky-tonk stool
      G5
And I spent my money like a low down honky-tonk fool
    D5               F5  D5    C5    Bb5 G5
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
 
    D5               F5  D5    C5    Bb5 G5
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
     D5               F5  D5    C5    Bb5 G5
Yes, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
X
By helping UG you make the world better... and earn IQ
Create correction
Please rate this tab
 
×
Break The Rules – Status Quo
How to play
"Break The Rules"
Font
Transpose
12 comments
belavista man
No, I think that Quo use a shuffle. This was the first chords tab that I did, so it's understandable that I didn't mention it.
0
mrfunny
OMG you are everywhere! you think Quo do everything in power chords??? you might but the rest of the world don't. power chords are for weomen
0
rebel-sam
LOL. May I enquire into what is a Weomen? At least Greg can spell and knows more about music that youll learn in a lifetime.and btw tabs gd bentley
0