Bendin' The Rules And Breakin' The Law chords
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I know how to play the intro lick but I'm not sure how to type up tabs so here's the basic chords
Tune the guitar a half step down
Intro: (riff) [A], [B], [C#m] x2
([A]) Growing up I was ([B]) always mama's ([C#m]) angel
([A]) Never thought I'd ([B]) ever fall from ([C#m]) grace
I was ([A]) taught to walk with ([B]) God and run from ([C#m]) trouble
But I ([A]) ran with a crowd that was bound to change my ([B]) ways
Chorus:
Yeah I was ([E]) proud to be in the bad news crowd
([B]) The one my mama warned me about
The ([C#m]) closest thing to ([B]) hell she's ever ([A]) raised
But I ([E]) look back on those days
I know I'd ([B]) never change a thing
I ([C#m]) made mistakes that ([B]) paved the way for the ([A]) man I am today
I'm proud of 'em all
And I had a ([B]) ball
Bendin' the rules and breaking the law
We were ([A]) bad about sneaking ([B]) out and shooting road ([C#m]) signs
([A]) Throwing eggs and ([B]) rolling every yard in ([C#m]) town
Yeah, my ([A]) claim to fame was a ([B]) Babe Ruth swing on a ([C#m]) mailbox
Yeah, the ([A]) police just loved driving me ([B]) around
Chorus:
Cause I was ([E]) proud to be in the bad news crowd
([B]) The one my mama warned me about
The ([C#m]) closest thing to ([B]) hell she ever ([A]) raised
But I ([E]) look back on those days
I know I'd ([B]) never change a thing
I ([C#m]) made mistakes that ([B]) paved the way for the ([A]) man I am today
I'm proud of 'em all
And I had a ([B]) ball
Bendin' the rules and breaking the law
([A]) You learn to ([B]) walk the way you talk
A ([A]) DUI means SOL
([B]) Respect is earned, you live and learn and ([A]) pray, ([B]) yeah ([A]), you learn to ([B]) pray
Chorus:
Yeah we were ([E]) proud to be in the bad news crowd
([B]) The one our mama's warned us about
The ([C#m]) closest thing to ([B]) hell they ever ([A]) raised
But we ([E]) look back on those days
I know we'd ([B]) never change a thing
We ([C#m]) made mistakes that ([B]) paved the way for the ([A]) men we are today
We're proud of 'em all yall
And we had a ([B]) ball
Bendin' the rules and breaking the law
Outro: (riff) [A], [B], [C#m] x2