Rockabilly Rebel Chords

Rockabilly Rebel: Matchbox
Top of the charts in UK in 1979
 
[Intro]
| D   | D   | D   | D   |
| G   | G   | G   | G   |
 
[Verse 1]
   G
My Mama don’t like it, the way I comb my hair,
                              D
Papa thinks I’m crazy, in the clothes I wear.
     G                          C
They took all my records that I played all day...
      G                    D                         G
But I am what I am and I’m gonna keep a rockin’ this way.
 
[Chorus]
                 G
I’m a rockabilly rebel from head to toe.
                                    D
I gotta keep a-rockin’ everywhere I go.
          G                         C
Everybody join us, we’re good company...
     G                   D                     G
be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like me.
 
[Verse 2]
    G                        G G6 G                         G G6 G
The kids in the schoolhouse,      they can’t wait too long,
                        G G6 G                              D  Dsus4 D
When the school is over,     they put their cat clothes on,
                               G  G6 G                         C
You oughta hear the slap bass,           swingin’ to the band...
       G                           D                      G
It’s a real rockin’ rhythm that is sweepin’ all over this land.
 
[Chorus]
                 G
I’m a rockabilly rebel from head to toe.
                                    D
I gotta keep a-rockin’ everywhere I go.
          G                         C
Everybody join us, we’re good company...
     G                   D                     G
be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like me.
 
[Guitar Break]
| G   | G   | G   | D   |
| G   | C   | G D | G   |
 
[Verse 3]
G
Squares get the message, get the boppin’ beat...
                                           D
let it travel through your body, from your head to your feet.
G                                        C
Shakin’ in your shoes, boy, oh, don’t it make you feel, Wow!??
         G                D                    G
Well, if you can’t dance, we’re gonna show you how.
 
[Chorus]
                 G
I’m a rockabilly rebel from head to toe.
                                    D
I gotta keep a-rockin’ everywhere I go.
          G                         C
Everybody join us, we’re good company...
     G                   D                     G    N.C.
be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like me.
 
[Chorus]
                 G
I’m a rockabilly rebel from head to toe.
                                    D
I gotta keep a-rockin’ everywhere I go.
          G                         C
Everybody join us, we’re good company...
     G                   D                     G
be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like me.
 
[Outro]
     G                   D                     G
Be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like me.
     G                   D                     G   C  D  C  G C  G G
Be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like me.
 
 
 
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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