Maybellene — Berry Chuck

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MAYBELLENE Written and performed by Chuck Berry Tab transcribed by Collins Crapo <[email protected]>

NOTE: This song was later covered by Johnny Rivers in the key of F, and by Paul Revere and the Raiders in the key of G. I like to play it in G, but This tab is in A because A is what Chuck sang it in.

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Chorus

Maybellene, why can't you be true Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true You've started back doin' the things you used to do

Verse

As I was motivatin' over the hill I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville Cadillac rollin' on the open road 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, same pattern as 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 Maybellene at the top of the hill

(chorus)