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A                               C      G        A
There I was completely wasting, out of work and down
A                                  C         G       A
Inside it's so frustrating in this backwards redneck town
F                              C
feel as though nobody cares if I live or if I die
F                                    C
so I might as well begin to put some action in my life

X                                 A/
Breaking the law, breaking the law
X                               A/
Breaking the law, the sodomy law
X                                A/
Breaking the law, breaking the law
X                               A/
Breaking the law, the sodomy law

A                              C       G    A
So much for the golden future, I can't even start
A                                   C     D     E
They say my love's a crime, there's anger in my heart
F                              C
you don't know what it's like, you don't have a clue
F                                C
if you did you'd find yourselves doing the same thing too

X                          A/
Break the law, break the law
X                           A/
Break the law, the sodomy law
X                                A/
Breaking the law, breaking the law
X                               A/
Breaking the law, the sodomy law

[car skit]

X                                 A/
Breaking the law, breaking the law
X                               A/
Breaking the law, the sodomy law
X                                A/
Breaking the law, breaking the law
X                               A/
Breaking the law, the sodomy law

F                              C
you don't know what it's like, or maybe you do
F                               C           C         D        E
To wanna shove that nightstick up the ass of some cop who's hassling you

X                                 A/
Breaking the law, breaking the law
X                               A/
Breaking the law, the sodomy law
X                                A/
Breaking the law, breaking the law
X                               A/
Breaking the law, the sodomy law