Rockabilly Rebel:Matchbox.
Top of the charts in UK in 1979.
#1.
G
My Mama don’t like it, the way I comb my hair,
D
Papa thinks I’m crazy, in the clothes I wear.
G C
They took all my records but I play it all day..
G D G
I am what I am and I’m gonna keep a rockin’ that way.
CHORUS:
G
I’m a rockabilly rebel from head to toe.
D
I gotta keep a-rockin’ everywhere I go.
G C
Everybody join us, we’re good compan..y..
G D G
be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like me.
#2.
G
The kids in the schoolhouse, they couldn’t wait too long,
D
When the school is over, they put their cat clothes on,
G C
You oughta hear the slap bass, swingin’ to the band..
G D G
It's a real rockin’ rhythm that is sweepin’ all over this land.
CHORUS:
G
I’m a rockabilly rebel from head to toe.
D
I gotta keep a-rockin’ everywhere I go.
G C
Everybody join us, we’re good compan..y..
G D G
be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like me.
(GUITAR BREAK:)
#3.
G
Squares get the message, get the boppin’ beat..
D
let it tramp through your body, from your head to your feet.
G G7 C
Shakin’ in your shoes, boy, oh, don’t it make you feel, Wow!??
G D G
Well, if you can’t dance, we’re not gonna show you how.
CHORUS:
G
I’m a rockabilly rebel from head to toe.
D
I gotta keep a-rockin’ everywhere I go.
G C
Everybody join us, we’re good compan..y..
G D G
be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like me.
CHORUS:
G
I’m a rockabilly rebel from head to toe.
D
I gotta keep a-rockin’ everywhere I go.
G C
Everybody join us, we’re good compan..y..
G D G
be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like me.
OUTRO:
G D G
Be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like me.
G D G
Be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like me.
G D G
Be a real cool cat, be a rockabilly rebel like me.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
