Maybellene chords by Chip Taylor, Carrie Rodriguez

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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The songwriter and singer
whose song we're going to do now
came from St. Louis.
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He wrote lots of influential songs.
This was his first hit
and it wasn't as big as
some of the other ones
and probably more influential
than the others.
I remember Elvis Presley did this
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sent to Louisiana Hayride.
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As I was motivating over the hill,
saw Maybelline in a coot -a -bill.
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Cadillac rolling on Logan Road,
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trying out running my V8 Ford.
Cadillac doing about 95,
bumper -to -bumper,
old side -by -side.
Maybelline, why can't you be true?
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Oh, Maybelline,
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why can't you be true?
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You don't start it back
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doing the things you used to do.
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Go on, Bill.
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Now the Cadillac pulled
up ahead of the Ford
And the Ford got hot and
wouldn't do no more
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Then it got cloudy and started to rain
Tooting my horn for the passing lane
There's some green water
blowin' all under my hood
Knew it wasn't doin' my motive good,
Maybelline
Why can't you be true?
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Oh, oh, Maybelline
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Why can't you be true?
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Yeah, I started back
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doin' the things you used to do
Go on, Maybelline,
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drop a drink
Oh, the boat had cooled down
and the heat went down
And that's when I heard
that highway sound
The Cadillac was lookin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten and a half a mile ahead
The Cadillac was lookin'
like she's sittin' still
And they called her Maybelline
At the top of the hill, Maybelline
Oh, I can't you be true
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Oh, baby, my pain should be true
You know, it started back
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Doing the things you used to do
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Come on, Bill
And the motor cooled down
And the heat went down
And that's when I heard Cadillac
a -lookin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten a -half a mile ahead
Cadillac a -lookin' like Sidney Steele
Oh, Maybelline,
at the top of that Maybelline
Why can't you be true?
Why can't you be true?
Maybelline
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Why can't you be true?
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Get unstarted back
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doin' the things you used to do
Get unstarted back
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doin' the things  you used to do
Thank you. All right!
That was fun!