Matchbox, Rockabilly Rebel (1979)
^{Key: :[G] (w: Steve Bloomfield)}

INTRO: [D] [G]

VERSE 1:
My [G] Mama don't like it, the way I comb my hair
Papa thinks I'm crazy, in the [D] clothes I wear
They [G] took all my records but I [C] play it all day
But I [G] am what I am and I'm [D] gonna keep a rockin' that [G] way [G open]

CHORUS:
I'm a rockabilly [G] rebel from head to toe
I gotta keep a-rockin' everywhere I [D] go
Everybody [G] join us, we're good compan-[C]-y
Be a [G] real cool cat, be a [D] rockabilly rebel like [G] me

VERSE 2:
The kids in the schoolhouse ^[G]^[C]^[G], they couldn't wait too long ^[G]^[C]^[G]
When the school is over ^[G]^[C]^[G], they put their cat clothes on ^[D]^[G]^[D]
You oughta hear the slap bass ^[G]^[C]^[G], swingin' to the ^[/C/E/F/F#] band
It's a [G] real rockin' rhythm that is [D] sweepin' all over this [G] land

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

VERSE 3:
Squares get the message ^[G]^[C]^[G], get the boppin' beat ^[G]^[C]^[G]
Let it tramp through your body ^[G]^[C]^[G], from your head to your feet ^[D]^[G]^[D]
Shakin' in your shoes, boy ^[G]^[C]^[G], oh don't it make you feel, wow? ^[C]^[F]^[C]
Well, if [G] you can't dance, we're [D] not gonna show you [G] how [G open]

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

OUTRO:
Be a [G] real cool cat, be a [D] rockabilly rebel like [G] me
Be a [G] real cool cat, be a [D] rockabilly rebel like [G] me
Be a [G] real cool cat, be a [D] rockabilly rebel like [G] me

ENDING: ^[G]^[C]^[D]^[C] // ^[G]^[C] [G open]