The song plays the verse with a varied E7 chord as the iii in the progression which I've
notated below, however you can play an em and it will sound fine. The am in the verse
is played as a barre chord, but
in the chorus it's open. In the prechorus the C and F are also barre chords, which I've
notated below, but elsewhere they are played in the standard open and 1st fret barre
chord respectively
E7 Am C F
|--4--| |--5--| |--3--| |--5--|
|--3--| |--5--| |--5--| |--6--|
|--1--| |--5--| |--5--| |--5--|
|--0--| |--7--| |--5--| |--3--|
|--2--| |--7--| |--3--| |--3--|
|--0--| |--5--| |--3--| |-----|
[Intro]
C, Em (x2)
[Verse]
C
If pain was a color to paint on you
E7
Your heart would be the color blue.
Am
Be a gradient from there till your body met your hair
D
Which would remain a silver hue
C
You are the one they call Jesus Christ.
E7
Who didn't know no rock and roll.
Am
Just a mission and a gun to paint rainbows in Vietnam
D
And a heart that always told you
F C
There's a madness in us all.
F C
There's a madness in us all.
[Chorus]
C
So who broke the rules?
Em
Who broke the rules?
Am
Who broke the rules?
F C
They said every one of you will never try to lend a hand
Em Am
When the policemen don't understand.
C F
Boys, all you boys
Am G
Think you're so American.
C F
Girls, all you girls
Am G
Yeah you're so American.
[Verse]
C
He may not be born of this land
E7
But he was born of this world.
Am
He was born of all the mothers and the colors of our brothers
D
And the love that was taught to
C
you by the one they call Jesus Christ.
E7
He may not know no rock and roll.
Am
There may not be a heaven, or a place of which to send you,
D
But you know in the end
F C
There's a madness in us all.
F C
There's a madness in us all.
(x2)
[Chorus]
C
So who broke the rules?
Em
Who broke the rules?
Am
Who broke the rules?
F C
They said every one of you will never try to lend a hand
Em Am
When the policemen don't understand.
C F
Boys, all you boys
Am G
Think you're so American.
C F
Girls, all you girls
Am G
Yeah you're so American.
[Verse]
F C
There's two eyes for every one of us
Em Am G
But somebody got there first and took them all.
C F
Man, oh man
Am G
You think it's so American
C F
Man, oh man
Am G
Yeah you're so American
(x2)
[Outro]
F C
There's two eyes for every one of us
Em Am G
But somebody got there first and took them all.
F C
There's two eyes for every one of us
Em Am
But somebody got there first and took them all.
