Intro: Cverse 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 sideC 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 doverse 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 goodC 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 doInstrumental 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 hillC 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 doOutro 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 GC 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