Maybellene

Maybellene
By Chuck Berry

Chuck's first big hit on Chess records in 1955.

Here is my simplified Ukulele version.

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

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As I was motivatin' over the hill
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I saw Maybellene in a coup de ville.
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A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road,
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Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford.
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The Cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five,
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She's bumper to bumper rollin' side by side.

Chorus

The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford,
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more.
It then got clody and it started to rain,
I tooted my horn for a passin' lead
The rain water blowin' all under my hood,
I knew that was doin' my motor good.

Chorus

The motor cooled down, the heat went down
And that's when I heard that highway sound.
The Cadillac a-sittin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten a half a mile ahead.
The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
And I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill.