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

INTRO: [C#] [F#]

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

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

ENDING: ^[F#]^[B]^[C#]^[B] // ^[F#]^[B] [F# open]