Status Quo - Break The Rules: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Break The Rules" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

        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,
                       D                  G
I walked off with her, I didn't want any ties
    D                 G
And I knew it wasn't right
    D                 F  D       C    A#  G
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules.

Took me down on the highway
doing too many miles an hour
And by the way she motored thought
we might have made the Eiffel Tower
She stopped the motor by her own front door
I knew she'd done it so many times before
But I was off of the floor
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules

I woke up next morning feeling kind of up and down
'Cos I did not know if I was in or out of the town
Then I saw the face from the night before
My purse was empty lying there on the floor
But like I told you before
That, everybody has to sometimes break the rules

I spend a low down evening sitting
high on a honky-tonk stool
And I spent my money like a low down honky-tonk fool
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
Well, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
Yes, everybody has to sometimes break the rules


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Break The Rules" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Break The Rules" by Status Quo.

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