[Intro]


[Chorus]
         
Oh, Maybellene

, why can't yo

u be true?
             
Oh, Maybellene

              
, why can't yo

    
u be true?
             
You done start

              
ed back doing 

             
the things you

        
 used to do

[Verse 1]
  
As I was motiv

atin' over the

 hill, I saw M

aybellene in a

 Coup de Ville

Cadillac rolli

n' on the open

 road, nothin'

 outrun my V8 

Ford

Cadillac doin'

 'bout 95, bum

per to bumper,

 rollin' side 

by side

[Chorus]
         
Oh, Maybellene

, why can't yo

u be true?
             
Oh, Maybellene

              
, why can't yo

    
u be true?
             
You done start

              
ed back doing 

             
the things you

              
 used to do

[Verse 2]

Cadillac pulle

d up ahead of 

the Ford, Ford

 got hot and w

ouldn't do no 

more

Done got cloud

y and it start

ed to rain, I 

tooted my horn

 'til I passed

 the lane

Rainwater blow

in' all under 

my hood, I kne

w that I was d

oin' my motor 

good

[Chorus]
         
Oh, Maybellene

, why can't yo

u be true?
             
Oh, Maybellene

              
, why can't yo

    
u be true?
             
You done start

              
ed back doing 

             
the things you

              
 used to do

[Instrumental]
       
       
       

[Verse 3]
N.C.
The motor cooled down, the heat went down and that's when I heard the highway sound
N.C.
Cadillac sittin' like a ton of lead, hundred and ten, a half a mile ahead

Cadillac looki

n' like it's s

ittin' in stee

l and I called

 Maybellene at

 the top of th

e hill

[Chorus]
         
Oh, Maybellene

, why can't yo

u be true?
             
Oh, Maybellene

              
, why can't yo

    
u be true?
             
You done start

              
ed back doing 

             
the things you

              
 used to do

[Outro]