Foghat – Maybelline (Guitar)

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[Intro] 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] 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
[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] 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