Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
Em
E
As I was motiv atin' over the hill
I saw Mabellene in a Coup de Ville
A Cadillac a- rollin' on the open road
Em
E
Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' about 95
She's bumper to bumper,
Verse 2
rollin' side by side
E
Maybellene, why can't you be true
A
Oh, Maybellene, why
E
can't you be true
B
You've started back
A
doin' the things
E
You used to do
Verse 3
E
Em
E
Well, the Cadillac pulled up
Ahead of the Ford
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
Em
E
It then got cloudy and started to rain
Em
E
I tooted my horn for a passin' lane
Em
The rainwater blowin' all under my hood
E
I know that I was doin' my
Verse 4
motor good
E
Maybellene, why can't you be true
A
Oh, Maybellene, why
E
can't you be true
B
You've started back
A
doin' the things
Interlude 1
You used to do
E
A
E
B
A
E
Verse 5
E
The heat went down,
Em
the motor cooled down
E
And that's when I heard
that highway sound
The Cadillac a- sittin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten half a mile ahead
The Cadillac lookin' like
it's sittin' still
I caught Mabellene at the top
Verse 6
of the hill
E
Maybellene, why can't you be true
A
Oh, Maybellene, why
E
can't you be true
B
A
You've started back doin' the things
Outro 1
You used to do
E
B
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE Em A B
E
Em
A
B
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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