C

[Chorus]
         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

[Chorus]
         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

[Chorus]
         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]
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[Verse 3]
N.C.
The motor cooled down, the heat went down and that's when I heard the highway sound
N.C.
Cadillac sittin' like a ton of lead, hundred and ten, a half a mile ahead
C7
Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' in steel and I called Maybellene at the top of the hill

[Chorus]
         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]
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