Maybelline Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays549

Maybelline by Foghat is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G and C7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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Intro: C 

         C 
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true? 
         F                      C 
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true? 
        G                      F                  C 
You done started back doing the things you used to do 

verse 1 
  C7 
As I was motivatin' over the hill, I saw Maybellene in a Coup de Ville 
C7 
Cadillac rollin' on the open road, nothin' outrun my V8 Ford 
C7 
Cadillac doin' 'bout 95, bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side 

         C 
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true? 
         F                      C 
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true? 
        G                      F                  C      G 
You done started back doing the things you used to do 

verse 2 
C7 
Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford, Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more 
C7 
Done got cloudy and it started to rain, I tooted my horn 'til I passed the lane 
C7 
Rainwater blowin' all under my hood, I knew that I was doin' my motor good 

         C 
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true? 
         F                      C 
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true? 
        G                      F                  C      G 
You done started back doing the things you used to do 

Instrumental 
C C F C G F C G 
C C F C G F C G 
C C F C G F C G 

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 
C7 
Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' in steel and I called Maybellene at the top of the hill 

         C 
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true? 
         F                      C 
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true? 
        G                      F                  C      G 
You done started back doing the things you used to do 

Outro 
C C F C G F C G 
C C F C G F C G 
C C F C G F C G 
C C F C G F C G 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante