Matchbox, Rockabilly Rebel (1979)
Key: :[A#] (w: Steve Bloomfield)
INTRO: [F] [A#]
VERSE 1:
My
[A#] Mama don't like it, the way I comb my hair
Papa thinks I'm crazy, in the
[F] clothes I wear
They
[A#] took all my records but I
[D#] play it all day
But I
[A#] am what I am and I'm
[F] gonna keep a rockin' that
[A#] way
[A# open]
CHORUS:
I'm a rockabilly
[A#] rebel from head to toe
I gotta keep a-rockin' everywhere I
[F] go
Everybody
[A#] join us, we're good compan-
[D#]-y
Be a
[A#] real cool cat, be a
[F] rockabilly rebel like
[A#] me
VERSE 2:
The kids in the schoolhouse
[A#][D#][A#], they couldn't wait too long
[A#][D#][A#]
When the school is over
[A#][D#][A#], they put their cat clothes on
[F][A#][F]
You oughta hear the slap bass
[A#][D#][A#], swingin' to the
[/D#/G/G#/A] band
It's a
[A#] real rockin' rhythm that is
[F] sweepin' all over this
[A#] land
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 3:
Squares get the message
[A#][D#][A#], get the boppin' beat
[A#][D#][A#]
Let it tramp through your body
[A#][D#][A#], from your head to your feet
[F][A#][F]
Shakin' in your shoes, boy
[A#][D#][A#], oh don't it make you feel, wow?
[D#][G#][D#]
Well, if
[A#] you can't dance, we're
[F] not gonna show you
[A#] how
[A# open]
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]
OUTRO:
Be a
[A#] real cool cat, be a
[F] rockabilly rebel like
[A#] me
Be a
[A#] real cool cat, be a
[F] rockabilly rebel like
[A#] me
Be a
[A#] real cool cat, be a
[F] rockabilly rebel like
[A#] me
ENDING: [A#][D#][F][D#] [A#][D#] [A# open]
