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Bending The Rules And Breaking The Law

Brantley Gilbert

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
A×
Bm×
D××
Dsus2Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 1st fret
               
Intro:   G  A    Bm  (2x)
 
Verse: 1
 
G                A             Bm 
Growing up I was always mama's angel 
G             A              Bm 
Never new I'd ever fall from grace 
        G                 A                 Bm 
I was taught to walk With God and run from trouble 
         G                                         A 
But I ran with a crowd that was bound to change my ways 
 
 
         D 
I was proud to be in the bad news crowd 
       A 
The one my mama warned me about 
       Bm            A                G 
The closest thing to hell she'd ever raised 
            D                                 A 
But when I look back on those days I knew I'd never change a thing 
   Bm                A                    G 
I made mistakes that paved the way to the man I am today 
                 Dsus2           A   
I?m proud of em all, and I had a ball 
 
bending the rules and breaking the law 
 
Intro:   G  A  Bm  (2x) 
 
Verse: 2
 
       G                  A                 Bm 
We were bad about sneakin out and shootin  road signs 
G                 A                     Bm 
Throwing eggs and rollin every yard in town 
        G                   A                    Bm 
Yeah my claim to fame was a babe Ruth swing on a mailbox 
         G                           A 
Yeah the police just love driving me around 
 
Chorus 
 
Bridge:
 
Dsus2             A 
Yeah you learn to walk the way you talk 
     G 
The DUI means SOL 
A 
Respect was earned 
                      Bm    A    G 
You live and learn to pray 
             A 
You learn to pray 
         D 
We were proud to be in the bad news crowd 
    A 
The one our mamas warned us about 
       Bm            A                  G 
The closest thing to hell they?ve ever raised 
           D                                    A 
But when I look back on those days I know we'd never change a thing 
Bm                 A                      G 
Made mistakes that paved the way for the men we are today 
                Dsus2                      A 
We?re proud of em all, yall. And we had a ball 
 
 
Outro: G   A   Bm   (2x) 
          
 

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Chord set

G · A · Bm · D · Dsus2

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.