Biography:
Boogie music-inspired hard rockers Foghat started off as an idea held by musicians Roger Earl and Lonesome Dave Peverett when they first toured America in the late-60s as members of the seminal British band Savoy Brown. The two of them playing alongside guitarist Kim Simmonds, Savoy Brown was on the cutting edge of the massive British blues rock scene, and they influenced countless musicians on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1971, wanting to give a more slick
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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
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
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