Maybellene (Chuck Berry cover)
written by: Chuck Berry
written by: Chuck Berry
version 1:
from The NOLA Treblemakers: Causin' All That Treble Again! (December 10th 2015) (2:26)
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You just started doing the things you used to do
As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coup De Ville
A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road
Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five
She's bumper to bumper, rollin' side to side
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've just started back doing the things you used to do
Pink in the mirror on top of the hill
Look like a swollen up medicine pill
First thing I saw was that Cadillac grill
Doin a hundred ten gallopin up over the hill
Offhill curve downhill stretch
Me and that Cadillac neck by neck
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've just started back doing the things you used to do
The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It then got cloudy and it started to rain
I tooted my horn for a passin' lead
The rain water blowin' all under my hood
I knew that was doin' my motor good
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've just started back doing the things you used to do
The motor cooled down, the heat went down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
The Cadillac a-sittin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten, a half a mile ahead
The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
And I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've started back doing the things you used to do
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You just started doing the things you used to do
As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coup De Ville
A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road
Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five
She's bumper to bumper, rollin' side to side
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've just started back doing the things you used to do
Pink in the mirror on top of the hill
Look like a swollen up medicine pill
First thing I saw was that Cadillac grill
Doin a hundred ten gallopin up over the hill
Offhill curve downhill stretch
Me and that Cadillac neck by neck
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've just started back doing the things you used to do
The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It then got cloudy and it started to rain
I tooted my horn for a passin' lead
The rain water blowin' all under my hood
I knew that was doin' my motor good
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've just started back doing the things you used to do
The motor cooled down, the heat went down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
The Cadillac a-sittin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten, a half a mile ahead
The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
And I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've started back doing the things you used to do
version 2:
from The Monochromes: 31 Tunes (October 25th 2018) (2:28)
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You just started doing the things you used to do
As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coup De Ville
A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road
Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five
She's bumper to bumper, rollin' side to side
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've just started back doing the things you used to do
Pink in the mirror on top of the hill
Look like a swollen up medicine pill
First thing I saw was that Cadillac grill
Doin a hundred ten gallopin up over the hill
Offhill curve downhill stretch
Me and that Cadillac neck by neck
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've just started back doing the things you used to do
The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It then got cloudy and it started to rain
I tooted my horn for a passin' lead
The rain water blowin' all under my hood
I knew that was doin' my motor good
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've just started back doing the things you used to do
The motor cooled down, the heat went down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
The Cadillac a-sittin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten, a half a mile ahead
The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
And I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've started back doing the things you used to do
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You just started doing the things you used to do
As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coup De Ville
A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road
Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five
She's bumper to bumper, rollin' side to side
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've just started back doing the things you used to do
Pink in the mirror on top of the hill
Look like a swollen up medicine pill
First thing I saw was that Cadillac grill
Doin a hundred ten gallopin up over the hill
Offhill curve downhill stretch
Me and that Cadillac neck by neck
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've just started back doing the things you used to do
The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It then got cloudy and it started to rain
I tooted my horn for a passin' lead
The rain water blowin' all under my hood
I knew that was doin' my motor good
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've just started back doing the things you used to do
The motor cooled down, the heat went down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
The Cadillac a-sittin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten, a half a mile ahead
The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
And I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You've started back doing the things you used to do
earliest live performance: December 23rd 2010