Guitar Lesson: How to Play Breaking the Law by Judas Priest

Hi! I am Bob from Toronto, Canada. This guitar lesson is about how to play “Breaking the Law” by Judas Priest. The opening riff starts on the 5th string A, it goes --

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And goes to the top string, and back to the A string. So, it is --

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And then 2nd and 3rd frets, then that would be the 1st, 3rd and 5th frets of the top string. Once again.

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Now, the chords are A play them as power chords, also the power chords A, C, G, back to A. A again and C, G, then A then F, then C, F, E then it is --

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Trigger it on the A string that is played at the 4th string 7th fret, 3rd string 9th fret, and the 2nd string 10th fret, just slide it down.

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So, get us back to the first part C, G, A then it is A again, C, D, E and to F, C, F, E. And for the “break of the law” part is --

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Same as before. Over the guitar solo it is B and A, once again A then we sing “you don’t know what it’s like” the chords are D, F, C, D, F, G, D, F, C then back to the first riff.

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Then the final chords are A, F, G, A again, F, G then the song finishes on those chords.

Well, I hope this lesson has been helpful and if you have any questions please message me.


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