Chords for Guitar Lesson: Breaking the Law- Judas Priest

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_ _ [Db] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ Welcome to the 37th guitar lesson from Keeping [N] Rock Alive.
Today I'm going to teach you _ Breaking the Law by Judas Priest.
It's a really easy song off the album British Steel from 1980.
_ And it's very easy to play.
So to start with the [Eb] intro you play [E] _ fifth string [A] open, _ [Bm] second fret, _ _ third [C] fret, _ _ open,
[A] _
_ [B] second, _ _ [C] third, _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [B] second, _
_ _ _ [C] third, _ _ _ then sixth string [F] first, _ _ [G] _
third, _ _ then open fifth [A] string,
_ _ [B] back to the first fret, [F] sixth string, _ [G] third, _ _ _
[E] fifth string [A] open, _ _ _ [C] then third fret, _ _ second [B] fret.
_ _ _ _ [Gb] You play that two times at the beginning of the song so it should sound like. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [B] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ [Eb] _
_ You play that twice and then go to the verse which starts with an A power chord.
[A] _
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[Bm] Then [Bbm] you go to a power chord on the third and [Fm] fifth fret of the fifth and fourth [C] strings,
_ _ _ third and fifth [G] fret of the sixth and fifth strings, _ _ _
_ [E] _ and back to A [A] power chord. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You play that twice so the verse should sound like. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
Then you go to the chorus which starts power chord fifth and fourth strings eighth and tenth [F] fret.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
Then you play that twice with a long pause in [F] between.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
Then you go to power chords eighth and tenth fret on the fifth and sixth [C] strings _ _ _ for _
_ _ [N] a
long period of time.
Then back to power chord eighth and tenth on the fifth and fourth [F] strings.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
Then down to, back to an A power [A] chord. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
So the chorus should sound like.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[N] Then you go to the main riff which starts with the eighth open A string, strummed for
about fifteen [A] times. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] Then you hit [G] the second string, fourth fret, [F] _ _ [D] and third string ninth fret at [E] the same time. _ _
[Db] _ _ Then you go back to open A for about fourteen [A] times _ _ and _ [B] _ you hit that same chord twice on
the [Am] second time.
_ [E] _ So the main riff should sound like.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] After you play that twice you go back to the verse.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ Then you go back to the chorus.
_ [Db] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[N] _ Then after the chorus you go back to the main riff.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] You play that twice before going to a [Db] bridge which starts power [Ab] chords fifth and fourth
strings third and fifth fret.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] Then to first and third fret [Bb] twice.
_ _ _ [Abm] You play that four [C] times so it should sound like. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [N] _ Then for the second half of the bridge you play power chords fifth and fourth strings
fifth and seventh [D] fret _ _ up to [Fm] eight and ten.
_ _ Then you go back to the main riff.
Back to three and five.
[C] _
_ _ [D] Up to five and seven. _ _
_ _ [E] _ [Fm] Eight and ten. _ _
[G] Ten and twelve. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ So the second half of the bridge you play that twice so it should sound like.
[D] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ Then you go back to the intro _ [B] _
for _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ eight times.
And after the eighth time you hit an A [A] power chord _ and [N] that is the end of the song. _
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