Breaking The Law by Judas Priest Chords & Tabs - Philna

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BREAKING THE LAW
Written by Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing
Performed by JUDAS PRIEST
Taken from the album BRITISH STEEL

Transcribed by Oskar "The Seventh Son" Wigren.


[Riff 1]

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|  x2
A|-0---2---3---0-2---3---0-2---3---|---------0---------0-----3---2---|
E|---------------------------------|-1---3-------1-3-------3---------|


[Verse 1]

There I was completely wasting, out of work and down
e|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|--2--------------------|--5-----------2-------|
D|--2--------------------|--5-----5-----2-------|
A|--0--------------------|--3-----5-----0-------|
E|-----------------------|--------3-------------|

all inside it's so frustrating as I drift from town to town
e|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|--2--------------------|--5-----------2-------|
D|--2--------------------|--5-----5-----2-------|
A|--0--------------------|--3-----5-----0-------|
E|-----------------------|--------3-------------|

feel as though nobody cares if I live or die
e|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|-----------------------|--5-------------------|
D|--3--------------------|--5-------------------|
A|--3--------------------|--3-------------------|
E|--1--------------------|----------------------|

so I might as well begin to put some action in my life
e|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|--3--------------------|--2-------------------|
A|--3--------------------|--2-------------------|
E|--1--------------------|--0-------------------|


[Chorus]

   Breaking the law    Breaking the law
e|-------------------|-----------------------|
B|-------------------|-----------------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------------|
A|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|

   Breaking the law    Breaking the law
e|-------------------|--------------------|
B|--10---------------|----------------10--|
G|---9---------------|-----------------9--|
D|-------------------|--------------------|
A|------0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
E|-------------------|--------------------|

Breaking the law    Breaking the law
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|--10---------------|-------------------|
G|---9---------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|------0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

   Breaking the law    Breaking the law
e|-------------------|--------------------|
B|--10---------------|----------------10--|
G|---9---------------|-----------------9--|
D|-------------------|--------------------|
A|------0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
E|-------------------|--------------------|


[Verse 2]

So much for the golden future, I can't even start
e|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|--2--------------------|--5-----------2-------|
D|--2--------------------|--5-----5-----2-------|
A|--0--------------------|--3-----5-----0-------|
E|-----------------------|--------3-------------|

I've had every promise broken, there's anger in my heart
e|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|--2--------------------|--5-----7-----9-------|
D|--2--------------------|--5-----7-----9-------|
A|--0--------------------|--3-----5-----7-------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------|

You don't know what's it like, you don't have a clue
e|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|-----------------------|--5-------------------|
D|--3--------------------|--5-------------------|
A|--3--------------------|--3-------------------|
E|--1--------------------|----------------------|

If you did you'd find youself doing the same thing too
e|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|--3--------------------|--2-------------------|
A|--3--------------------|--2-------------------|
E|--1--------------------|--0-------------------|


[Chorus]

   Breaking the law    Breaking the law
e|-------------------|-----------------------|
B|-------------------|-----------------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------------|
A|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|

   Breaking the law    Breaking the law
e|-------------------|--------------------|
B|--10---------------|----------------10--|
G|---9---------------|-----------------9--|
D|-------------------|--------------------|
A|------0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
E|-------------------|--------------------|

Breaking the law    Breaking the law
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|--10---------------|-------------------|
G|---9---------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|------0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

   Breaking the law    Breaking the law
e|-------------------|--------------------|
B|--10---------------|----------------10--|
G|---9---------------|-----------------9--|
D|-------------------|--------------------|
A|------0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
E|-------------------|--------------------|


[Riff 2]

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--4---------4------------|  x4
A|--2---------2---0--0--0--|
E|-------------------------|


[Riff 3]

      You don't know what it's...
e|----------------|---------------|
B|----------------|---------------|
G|---7------------|--10-----5-----| 
D|---7------------|--10-----5-----|
A|---5------------|--8------3-----|
E|----------------|---------------|
                                       x2
....like
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|---7------------|--10-----12-----|
D|---7------------|--10-----12-----|
A|---5------------|--8------10-----|
E|----------------|----------------|


[Riff 4]

e|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-7---9---10---7-9---10---7-9---10---|----------7----------7------10---9---|  x8
A|------------------------------------|-8---10-------8-10-------10----------|
E|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


Song-structure:
Riff 1 (2 times)
Verse 1
Chorus
Verse 2
Chorus
Riff 2 (4 times)
Riff 3 (2 times)
Riff 4 (8 times)