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The Day I Broke The Law

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A reggae band formed 1978 in Birmingham, UK. The music grasps from roots reggae and dub to lovers rock and pop. It is the second most commercial successful reggae band with +70 million sold albums. Many of their hits have been stylishly covers of early reggae and rocksteady hits from Jamaica. After success in UK, UB40's won USA with Labour of Love (1983), their first album of covers. UB40 was 1986 the first Western band to play behind the Iron Curtain, live in Moscow, Soviet Union.

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UB40 wrote `The Day I Broke The Law` whilst in Nashville as a joke country song,
They then added strings changed the arrangements to what appears on their 2001 album `Cover Up`.
Below is the Rhythm/Reggae Guitar Chords/Structure and the Lyric arrangement.

[Chords]

EADGBE
D X57775
Bm 799777
G X 10 12 12 12 10
Em X79987
A 577655
A5 577XXX
B5 788XXX
C#5 X466XX
D5 X577XX

Horn section and Drums are the intro.

[Verse 1]
D Bm
Tomorrow i`ll be coming home i hope to find you all alone,
D Bm
With open arms to greet me at the door,
D
You cried as i was led away it seems like only yesterday,

But after all these years i can`t be sure.

[Bridge 1]
D Bm
While i`ve been dreaming dreams of you,
D Bm G
Not knowing what your going through,
Em G
I prayed that you`d remember me,
Em
But i know life goes on you see.

[Chorus 1]
D Bm
I broke your heart the day i broke the law,
D Bm D D D D
I broke your heart the day i broke the law.

[Verse 2]
D Bm
The man you knew don`t hurt no more my tears were shed behind locked door,
D Bm
I`ve told myself you`ve gone a thousand times,
N.C
Still when it got too much to bear i`d run my fingers through your hair,
N.C
Your kissing lips were always on my mind.

[Bridge 2]
D Bm
While i`ve been dreaming dreams of you,
D Bm G
Not knowing what your going through,
Em G
I prayed that you`d remember me,
Em
But i know life goes on you see.

[chorus 2]
D Bm
I broke your heart the day i broke the law,
D Bm D D D A5 B5 C#5 D5
I broke your heart the day i broke the law.

[verse 3]
N.C
So yesterday they set me free they gave me back my liberty,
N.C
They gave me something else i can`t ignore,
N.C
A chance to go back where i`m from a chance to even call upon,
N.C
My friends but they don`t live there anymore.

[Bridge 3]
D Bm
While i`ve been dreaming dreams of you,
D Bm G
Not knowing what your going through,
Em G
I prayed that you`d remember me,
Em
But i know life goes on you see.

[Outro Chorus Till Fade]
D Bm
I broke your heart the day i broke the law,
D Bm
I broke your heart the day i broke the law,
D Bm
I broke your heart the day i broke the law,
D Bm
I broke your heart the day i broke the law,
D Bm
I broke your heart the day i broke the law,
D Bm
I broke your heart the day i broke the law,
D Bm
I broke your heart the day i broke the law,
D Bm
I broke your heart the day i broke the law,
D Bm
I broke your heart the day i broke the law,
D Bm
I broke your heart the day i broke the law.

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