Key: C
Introduction: C
C
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
F C
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
G F C
You done started back doing the things you used to do
verse 1
C7
As I was motivatin' over the hill, I saw Maybellene in a Coup de Ville
C7
Cadillac rollin' on the open road, nothin' outrun my V8 Ford
C7
Cadillac doin' 'bout 95, bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side
C
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
F C
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
G F C G
You done started back doing the things you used to do
verse 2
C7
Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford, Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
C7
Done got cloudy and it started to rain, I tooted my horn 'til I passed the lane
C7
Rainwater blowin' all under my hood, I knew that I was doin' my motor good
C
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
F C
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
G F C G
You done started back doing the things you used to do
Instrumental
C F C G F C G
verse 3
N.C.
C7
Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' in steel and I called Maybellene at the top of the hill
C
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
F C
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
G F C G
You done started back doing the things you used to do
Outro