Matchbox, Rockabilly Rebel (1979)
^{Key: :[A#] (w: Steve Bloomfield)}

INTRO: [F] [A#]

VERSE 1:
My [A#] Mama don't like it, the way I comb my hair
Papa thinks I'm crazy, in the [F] clothes I wear
They [A#] took all my records but I [D#] play it all day
But I [A#] am what I am and I'm [F] gonna keep a rockin' that [A#] way [A# open]

CHORUS:
I'm a rockabilly [A#] rebel from head to toe
I gotta keep a-rockin' everywhere I [F] go
Everybody [A#] join us, we're good compan-[D#]-y
Be a [A#] real cool cat, be a [F] rockabilly rebel like [A#] me

VERSE 2:
The kids in the schoolhouse ^[A#]^[D#]^[A#], they couldn't wait too long ^[A#]^[D#]^[A#]
When the school is over ^[A#]^[D#]^[A#], they put their cat clothes on ^[F]^[A#]^[F]
You oughta hear the slap bass ^[A#]^[D#]^[A#], swingin' to the ^[/D#/G/G#/A] band
It's a [A#] real rockin' rhythm that is [F] sweepin' all over this [A#] land

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

VERSE 3:
Squares get the message ^[A#]^[D#]^[A#], get the boppin' beat ^[A#]^[D#]^[A#]
Let it tramp through your body ^[A#]^[D#]^[A#], from your head to your feet ^[F]^[A#]^[F]
Shakin' in your shoes, boy ^[A#]^[D#]^[A#], oh don't it make you feel, wow? ^[D#]^[G#]^[D#]
Well, if [A#] you can't dance, we're [F] not gonna show you [A#] how [A# open]

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

OUTRO:
Be a [A#] real cool cat, be a [F] rockabilly rebel like [A#] me
Be a [A#] real cool cat, be a [F] rockabilly rebel like [A#] me
Be a [A#] real cool cat, be a [F] rockabilly rebel like [A#] me

ENDING: ^[A#]^[D#]^[F]^[D#] // ^[A#]^[D#] [A# open]