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

INTRO: [C] [F]

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

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

ENDING: ^[F]^[A#]^[C]^[A#] // ^[F]^[A#] [F open]