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

INTRO: [B] [E]

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

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

ENDING: ^[E]^[A]^[B]^[A] // ^[E]^[A] [E open]