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

INTRO: [G#] [C#]

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

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