Key: Bb majorDifficulty: Easy
Intro 1
[Guitar]
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Chorus 1
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Maybellene, why can't you be true?
D
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Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
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You done started doin' the things
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you used to do
Verse 1
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As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville
A Cadillac rollin' on an open road
but nothin' outrun my V8 Ford
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The Cadillac doin' about ninety-five
She's bumper to bumper rollin' side to side
Chorus 2
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Maybellene, why can't you be true?
D
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Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
E
You done started back doin' the things
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you used to do
Verse 2
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The Cadillac pulled up
to a hundred and four
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It done got a cloud and started to rain
I tooted my horn for the passin' lane
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The rain water blowin' all under my hood
I knew that was doin' my motor good
Chorus 3
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Maybellene, why can't you be true?
D
A
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
E
You done started back doin' the things
A
you used to do
Solo 1
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E
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D
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E
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Chorus 4
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Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
D
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Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
E
You done started back doin' the things
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you used to do
Verse 3
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The motor cooled down
the heat went down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
Cadillac settin' like a ton of lead
a hundred and ten a half a mile ahead
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Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
and I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill
Chorus 5
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Maybellene, why can't you be true?
D
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Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
E
You done started back doin' the things
A
you used to do
Outro 1
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[Repeat and fade]
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