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#/C/C#/D] 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]