[Intro]
G Em C D x3
C G D G
[Verse]
You did everything that you could
C D
You had to go away from your home
G Em
I never realized when I was a kid
C D
How alone, how alone
G Em
Yeah well, back in your neighbourhood
C D
They knew you when you blew through town
C G D G
Behind your back they were putting you down
[Chorus]
C
They had
G
Rules for this
Em
They had
D
Rules for that
C G/B Am G D
Rule on top of rule
G
Broke your back
[Verse]
Em
Once upon a time I was holding your hand
C D
A lady off the street came up
G Em
She said "Hey mister, I need some money"
C D
You can't give enough
G Em
I'll never forget the look in your eye
C D
As you dug into your pocket to give
C G D G
That look of love gave me a reason to live
[Chorus]
C
They got
G
Rules for this
Em
And they got
D
Rules for that
C G/B Am G
If you put rule on top of rule
D G C
You can break someone's back
D G C
Break the rules__
D
Break the rules
[Verse]
G Em
Just the other day I was breaking a rule
C D
My whole self was ashamed
G Em C
I thought the sky would open and cry
D
Thunder and rain
G Em
Yeah well, there are many reasons
C D
I don't feel so good
C G D G
I'd forgive if I could
[Chorus]
C
But I got
G
Rules for this
Em
I got
D
Rules for that
C G/B Am G D
Rule on top of rule
D G C
To break my back
D G C
Break the rules__
D
Break the rules