(A chord plays throughout all verses)
LA / / / 2 / / /
Maybellene, why can't you be true
RE7 LAOh, Maybellene, why can't you be true
MI7 RE7 LAYou've started back doin' the things you used to do
Verse 1:
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
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
(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)
(A chord plays throughout all
..verses)
Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be
..true
You've started back doin' the
RE7 LA..things you used to do
Verse 1:
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
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
Maybellene racconta di una gara di hot rod e la fine di una storia d amore. Nel 1955 fu il singolo di debutto di Berry ed il suo primo successo