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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Stimme und Gesang
Johnnie Johnson
Johnnie Johnson
Klavier
Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon
Bass
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Phil Chess
Phil Chess
Produzent:in
Leonard Chess
Leonard Chess
Produzent:in

Lyrics

[Chorus]
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started doin' the things you used to do
[Verse 1]
As I was motivatin' over the hill, I saw Maybellene in a Coup De Ville
A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road, nothin'll outrun my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' about 95, we's bumper-to-bumper, rollin' side-to-side
[Chorus]
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doin' the things you used to do
[Verse 2]
A Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It then got cloudy and started to rain
I tooted my horn for the passin' lane
The rain water blowin' all under my hood
I knew that was doin' my motor good
[Chorus]
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doin' the things you used to do
[Chorus]
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doin' the things you used to do
[Verse 3]
The motor cooled down, the heat went down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
The Cadillac a-sittin' like a ton of lead
110, a half a mile ahead
Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
And I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill
[Chorus]
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doin' the things you used to do
Written by: Chuck Berry, Danyel Gérard, Rudi Revil

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