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Breaking The Rules
by Ill Niño
Tuning: Drop B (B,F#,B,E,G#,C#)
Riff 1
C#|----------------------|
G#|----------------------|
E|-/10~-------/9~---/6~-|
B|----------------------|
F#|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
Riff 2
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-000000-15-15-0-0-0-14-14-0-0-14-000000-15-15-0-0-0-14-14-0-0-11-|
Play Riff 2 x2
Riff 3 "You're killing me..."
C#|---------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------|
E|-/14~----/15~--12/14~----12-\-10~----9-\-7~----/10-|
B|---------------------------------------------------| this riff continues throughout the verse
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
Play Riff 2 x2 "Lies, you tell them everyday..."
Riff 4 "Why?"
C#|-----------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------|
B|-00000-0-0-000-00000-00000-0-0-000-00000-|
**** ** **** **** ** ****
Riff 5 "Don't give a damn, breaking all the rules..."
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|
F#|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|
B|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
F#|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Play Riff 5 x2 "If I lie to you like you lie to me..."
Play Riff 2 x2 "Don't you lie to me..."
Play Riff 3 x1 "You're telling me I shouldn't be..."
Play Riff 2 x2 "Time, it's taken so much time..."
Play Riff 5 x2 "Don't give a damn, breaking all the rules..."
Riff 6 "Don't you lie to me..."
C#|--------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----0--0--0------------------3--3--3--5-5------5-|
F#|-----0--0--0--3-3------3------3--3--3--5-5------5-|
B|-00000--0--0--2-2--22222--33333--3--3--5-5--55555-|
Play Riff 6 x4 "Don't you lie to me..."
Play Riff 5 x2 "Don't give a damn, breaking all the rules..."
Riff 7 "I don't care, I don't care..."
C#|------------------------15-15/17-17-17-17--18-17-15-------------------|
G#|-/15-15-15-15--15-17-18-----------------------------18-18/20-20-20-20-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-18-17-15-----------------------------|
G#|----------18-17-17-17-17--18-17-15-17-|
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
Play Riff 7 x2 "I don't care, I don't care..."
Riff 8
C#|-------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
B|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-1-0--0-0-|
F#|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-1-0--0-0-|
B|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-1-0--0-0-|
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