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#/F/F#/G] 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]