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

INTRO: [F#] [B]

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

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

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