Key: A major
Intro 1
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D
G
Verse 1
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Maybellene, why can't
you be true?
C
Yeah, Maybellene, why can't
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you be true?
You done started back doing
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G
the things you used to do
As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville
A Cadillac a- rollin on the open road
Nothin' will outrun my V- 8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' 'bout 95
Bumper to bumper,
rollin' side by side
Verse 2
G
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
C
Hey, Maybellene, why can't
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you be true?
C
You done started back doin'
G
the things you used to do
The Cadillac doin' 'bout 104
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It done got cloudy and started to rain
I tooted my horn for the passin' lane
The rain water blowin'
all under my hood
I knew that wasn't doin' my motor
good
Verse 3
G
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
C
Yeah, Maybellene, why can't
G
C
you be true?
You done started back doin'
the things you used to do
G
Let's motivate, honey, woo, damn
C
G
Oh, supercharge it, honey, mmm
Oh, blow, Charlie,
Interlude 1
blow
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C
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Verse 4
G
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
C
Hey, Maybellene, why can't
G
you be true?
You done started back doin'
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G
the things you used to do
The motor cooled down,
the heat went down
And that's when I heard
that highway sound
Cadillac doin' about 110
Turn around a half mile ahead
Cadillac movin' like it's set in steel
Caught Maybellene at the top
of the hill
Verse 5
G
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
C
hey, Maybellene, why can't
G
you be true?
You done started back doin'
the things you should not do
Verse 6
G
C
G
Woo- hoo, yeah, yeah- yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, burn, baby, burn, burn, burn
C
G
Yeah, uh
D
C
Yeah
G
Whoa, jump naked, mama
Yeah, woo
C
G
C
Yeah, woo, woo, ow
Outro 1
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