Intro: C 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 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 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 C C F C G F C G C C F C G F C G C C F C G F C G 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 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 C C F C G F C G C C F C G F C G C C F C G F C G C C F C G F C G