Berry Chuck - Maybellene guitar chord

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MAYBELLENE

written and performed by Chuck Berry

tab transcribed by Collins Crapo

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.

(A chord plays throughout all verses)

A / / / 2 / / /

CHORUS:

Maybellene, why can't you be true

          D7                     A

Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true

       E7                     D7                 A      

You'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

(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)