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

INTRO: [A] [D]

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

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

ENDING: ^[D]^[G]^[A]^[G] // ^[D]^[G] [D open]