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/A#/B] 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]^[A#]^[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

ENDING: ^[C]^[F]^[G]^[F] // ^[C]^[F] [C open]