MAYBELLENE

As recorded by Chuck Berry
(From the 1990 Album THE ORIGINAL CHESS CLASSICS)
Words and Music by Chuck Berry,



Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Chuck Berry w/amp dist'

Intro
  Fast Rock Q=233
                                             Bb
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  H    Q    H    Q.   E     Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|------------|-------------||---------------||
|-------------|-6--6-------|-6----6----6-||o----3-----3--o||
|----------3--|-5--5----3--|-5----5----5-||-----3-----3---||
|----3h=5-----|------------|-------------||-----3-----3---||
|-------------|------------|-------------||o-1-----------o||
|-------------|------------|-------------||--------1------||


   Pre-Verse
    $$
                    Eb                            Bb
    Q  Q  Q  Q   4x Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q      Q  Q  Q  Q
||---------------||-------------|-------------||---------------||
||o----3-----3--o||----8-----8--|----8-----8--||o----3-----3--o||
||-----3-----3---||----8-----8--|----8-----8--||-----3-----3---||
||-----3-----3---||----8-----8--|----8-----8--||-----3-----3---||
||o-1-----------o||-6-----------|-6-----------||o-1-----------o||
||--------1------||-------6-----|-------6-----||--------1------||


  F                           Bb
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|----3-----3--|----3-----3---||
|----2-----2--|----2-----2--|----3-----3--|----3-----3---||
|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3---||
|----3--3--3--|----3--3--3--|-1-----------|-1------------||
|-1-----------|-1-----------|-------1-----|-------1------||


   Verses
    $
    Bb
    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q   3x
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--o||
||-----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3---||
||-----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3---||
||o-1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------o||
||--------1-----|-------1-----|-------1-----|-------1------||


   Chorus
    Bb              Eb                            Bb
    Q  Q  Q  Q   4x Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q      Q  Q  Q  Q
||---------------||-------------|-------------||---------------||
||o----3-----3--o||----8-----8--|----8-----8--||o----3-----3--o||
||-----3-----3---||----8-----8--|----8-----8--||-----3-----3---||
||-----3-----3---||----8-----8--|----8-----8--||-----3-----3---||
||o-1-----------o||-6-----------|-6-----------||o-1-----------o||
||--------1------||-------6-----|-------6-----||--------1------||


                                  To Coda-|
                           To Double Coda-|
  F                           Bb
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     D.S. al Coda
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|----3-----3--|----3-----3---||
|----2-----2--|----2-----2--|----3-----3--|----3-----3---||
|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3---||
|----3--3--3--|----3--3--3--|-1-----------|-1------------||
|-1-----------|-1-----------|-------1-----|-------1------||


                          Guitar Solo
  &
                           Bb
  Q  E     +E  +Q    Q     E     +E   Q  E     +E   S     +S   E
|-----------------------||---------------------------------------|
|--------------------6--||------------6------------------------6-|
|----8b10==(8)-(8)r-----||-9b10==(9)r----9b10==(9)r-9b10==(9)r---|
|-----------------------||---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------||---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------||---------------------------------------|


  +E  Q  E E     +E   Q    E     +E   Q  E     +E   S     +S   E
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-(6)-6--6------------6--|------------6------------------------6--|
|----------9b10==(9)r----|-9b10==(9)r----9b10==(9)r-9b10==(9)r----|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|


                           Eb
  +E  Q  E E     +E   Q    E     +E   Q  E     +E   S     +S   E
|------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-(6)-6--6------------6--|------------6------------------------6-|
|----------9b10==(9)r----|-9b10==(9)r----9b10==(9)r-9b10==(9)r---|
|------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------------|


  +E  Q  E     +E   E E     +E
|--------------------------------|
|-(6)-6-------------6------------|
|--------9b10==(9)r---9b10==(9)r-|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|


  Bb                                                              F
  E E     +E   E E     +E   Q    E     +E   E E +E  E     +Q      E Q.   H
|------------------------------|--------------6-(6)-------------|-------------|
|-6------------6------------6--|------------6-------9b10==(9)r--|-6-----------|
|---9b10==(9)r---9b10==(9)r----|-9b10==(9)r---------------------|---8---------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------|


                  Bb
  Q  E E E E Q    H      E  E  E  E    +E   Q   E  +E   Q   E
|-6-------------|-------------------|----------10-(10)-10--10-||
|----8----------|----------11----11-|-(11)-11--11-(11)-11--11-||
|------6h7------|------/10----10-10-|-(10)-10--10-(10)-10--10-||
|----------8-5--|-8-----------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------------||


   +H      Q   Q    E  Q   E  +E   Q   E
|-(10)----10\-----|-------10-(10)-10--10-|
|-(11)----11\-----|---11--11-(11)-11--11-|
|-(10)----10\-----|---10--10-(10)-10--10-|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|


   +E  E Q  E Q  E   +Q   Q  E E E E
|-(10)-8-8--6-8--6-|-(6)-----------------|
|-(11)-8-8--6-8--6-|-(6)-----6-6h8-8b9===|
|-(10)-8-8--7-8--7-|-(7)-----6-6h8-8b9===|
|------------------|------8--------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|


  Eb                                           Bb
  +E  +E  +Q   +H       E    +Q    E +Q.   E   E E Q  E Q  E   +H     E E Q
|---------------------|----------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-(8)-(8)r(8)--(8)----|-8b9==(8)r--8-(8)---6-|-6-6-----------|----------------|
|-(8)-(8)r(8)--(8)----|-8b9==(8)r--8-(8)---6h|=7-7-7--7-7--7-|-(7)------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-----8--8-8--8-|-(8)------8-8---|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------8-|-(8)------8-8---|
|---------------------|----------------------|---------------|----------------|



  F                           Bb
  H.      Q    Q  Q  E Q.     W          +W           D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
|------------|--------------|----------|-------------||
|------------|--------------|----------|-------------||
|-6----------|-6-----8-6----|-7--------|-(7)---------||
|-6-------8--|-6--8--8-6----|-8--------|-(8)---------||
|---------8--|----8---------|-8--------|-(8)---------||
|------------|--------------|----------|-------------||


  &&
  Bb
  Q  Q  E E Q    W          H    H      W
|--------------|----------|-----------|------|
|----3---------|-6--------|-6----6----|-3----|
|----3------3--|-5--------|-5----5----|-3----|
|----3--3h5----|----------|-----------|-3----|
|-1------------|----------|-----------|------|
|--------------|----------|-----------|------|


  +H     E E Q     H     H      H     H      W
|---------------|-------------|------------|------|
|-(3)--------3--|-/6----/6----|-4----/6----|-3----|
|-(3)------3-3--|-/7----/7----|-5----/7----|-3----|
|-(3)-----------|-------------|------------|------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|------|


  E E Q  Q  Q     H     H      H     H      W
|--------------|-------------|------------|------*|
|---3----------|-/6----/6----|-4----/6----|-3----*|
|---3-------3--|-/7----/7----|-5----/7----|-3----*|
|-----3--5-----|-------------|------------|------*|
|--------------|-------------|------------|------*|
|--------------|-------------|------------|------*|



Intro: A / / / / A / / / /
Chorus:
A
Maybellene, why can't you be true
D7                               A
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true
E7                    D7                A
You've started back doin' the things you used to do.

Verse 1:
A
As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville
Cadillac rollin' on the open the road
Nothin' outruns my V8 Ford
Cadillac doin''bout 95
Bumper-to-bumper, rollin' side by side

A
Maybellene, why can't you be true
D7                     A
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true
E7                    D7             A
You've started back doin' the things you used to do.

A
Cadillac rolled up ahead of the Ford
The Ford got hot, wouldn't do no more
It soon got cloudy and it started to rain
I tooted my horn for the passing lane
Rain was pourin' under my hood
I knew that was doin' my motor good

A
Maybellene, why can't you be true
D7                    A
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true
E7                    D7                A
You've started back doin' the things you used to do.

SOLO: same pattern as chorus

A
Maybellene, why can't you be true
D7                              A
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true
E7                    D7                 A
You've started back doin' the things you used to do.

A
Motor cooled down, the heat went down
That's when I heard that highway sound
The Cadillac sittin' like a ton of lead
110 half a mile ahead
The Cadillac looked like it was sittin' still
I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill

A
Maybellene, why can't you be true
D7                              A
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true
E7                    D7                A
You've started back doin' the things you used to do