Maybelline

Words & Music:

Chuck Berry

 

CHORUS:

A

Maybelline, why can't you be true?

          D7                     A

Oh, Maybelline, why can't you be true?

       E7                     D7                 A

You've started back doin' the things you used to do.

 

[verses are all an A chord]

As I was motivatin' over the hill, I saw Maybelline in a Coupe de Ville.

Cadillac rollin' on the open road, but nothin' outruns my V-8 Ford.

Cadillac doin' 'bout 95, bumper-to-bumper, rollin' side by side.

 

CHORUS:

 

Cadillac rolled up ahead of the Ford, the Ford got hot, wouldn't do no more.

It soon got cloudy and it started to rain.

I tooted my horn for the passing lane.

Rain was pourin' under my hood, I knew that was doin' my motor good.

 

CHORUS:

 

INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS:

 

CHORUS:

 

Motor cooled down, the heat went down, that's when I heard that highway sound.

The Cadillac sittin' like a ton of lead, 110 half a mile ahead.

The Cadillac looked like it was sittin' still.

I caught Maybelline at the top of the hill.

 

CHORUS:

 

 


James Pugrad's "Maybelline" tab:

 intro

e-------------------------------------------------------|

b-------------------------------------------------------|

g--------10-10---10b-10b--------------------------------|

d------8-10-10-8-10b-10b--------------------------------|

a-8-10--------------------------------------------------|

e-------------------------------------------------------|

 

verses

e-----------|

b-----------|

g-----------|

d-----------| RIFF 1

a-8-10-8-10-|

e-6-6--6--6-|

 

e-----------|

b-----------|

g-----------|

d-8-10-8-10-| RIFF 2

a-6-6--6-6--|

e-----------| NOTE AFTER THIS TO TO THE INTRO AND PLAY THAT 1 MORE TIME

 

ONCE U HAVE DONE THE INTRO AGAIN DO THIS

e-------------|

b-------------|

g-------------|

d-10-12-10-12-| RIFF 3

a-8--8--8--8--|

e-------------| AND THEN GO DO THE INTRO AGAIN

THE ORDER OF THE SONG IS

RIFF 1

RIFF 2 !READ IMPORTANT!=LISTEN TO THE SONG TO SEE HOW MANY TIMES TO PLAY THE

RIFF 1                VERSES

RIFF 3

RIFF 1

 





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