Maybellene

(album: Chuck Berry On Stage - 1963)

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

As I was motorvating over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville
A Cadillac a-rolling on the open road
Nothing will outrun my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doing about ninety-five
She's bumper to bumper, rolling side by side

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

The Cadillac pulled up to a hundred and four
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It then got cloudy and started to rain
I tooted my horn for the passing lane
The rainwater blowing all under my hood
I know that I was doing my motor good

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

[Solo guitar]

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

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

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