Breaking The Law Tab

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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)
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Sweet tab! So so easy, but so much fun!
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Nice one!
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awesome tab 5 out of 5 but during the chourus its P.M. E-------------------------------- B--------------------------10/--- G---------------------------9/--- D---------------------------7/--- A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------- E--------------------------------