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British Steel

Breaking the Law

Artist: Judas Priest
Album: British Steel (1980)
Music and lyrics by Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton
Added on Tuesday, 06 June 2017
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Lyrics and Chords

Intro: (x2)
A5 | A5 | F5 | G5
or [Riff]

Verse 1:
  A5
There I was completely wasting,
C5      G5       A5
Out of work and down,
A5
All inside it's so frustrating
       C5        G5      A5
As I drift from town to town.

 F5
Feel as though nobody cares
C5
If I live or die,
 F5
So I might as well begin
            E5
To put some action in my life.

Chorus:
A5                                    A5(VII)
  Breaking the law, breaking the law.
                                    A5(VII)
Breaking the law, breaking the law.
A5(VII)                               A5(VII)
  Breaking the law, breaking the law.
                                    A5(VII)
Breaking the law, breaking the law.

Verse 2:
A5(VII)
  So much for the golden future
C5      G5     A5
I can't even start.
A5
I've had ev'ry promise broken,
        C5    G5     E5
There's anger in my heart.

 F5
You don't know what it's like,
C5
You don't have a clue,
F5
If you did you'd find yourselves
E5
  Doin' the same thing too!

[Chorus]

Instrumental:
B5 | A5  - x8
D5     E5   F5           C5    D5 ->
  You don't    know what it's like...

(Siren effects)
D5 D5:F5 | G5 | D5 E5:F5 | C5 | D5 D5:F5 | G5

[Instrumental] = [Intro] (x4)

Chorus: (Second guitar plays [Riff])
  A5
Breaking the law, breaking the law.
  F5                         G5
Breaking the law, breaking the law.
  A5
Breaking the law, breaking the law.
  F5                         G5
Breaking the law, breaking the law.

A5
  Breaking the law, breaking the law.
F5                    G5
  Breaking the law, breaking the law.
A5
  Breaking the law, breaking the law.
F5                    G5              A5!
  Breaking the law, breaking the law.

Key

key
Am
original
key
Am
A#m G#m
transpose
capo
on
0 fret
not in use
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B

Chord Fingerings

Tablatures

For original key Am only:

Riff:
e|---------|-----------
B|---------|-----------
G|---------|-----------
D|---------|-----------
A|-0-2-3-0-|-2-3-0-2-3-
E|---------|-----------
e|---------|-----------
B|---------|-----------
G|---------|-----------
D|---------|-----------
A|-----0---|---0---3-2-
E|-1-3---1-|-3---3-----
Official Music Video
Live in Dortmund, 1983
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