F C G
F C G
Maybelline just turned fourteen didn’t get no birthday cake
F C G
Case 9173, she’s a custody of the state
F C
She tells everybody she looks like her mama
G
‘Cause she’s never seen her daddy’s eyes
F C
Just a throw away baby from the 1980s
G F C G
Another unwanted child yeah, Yeah
F C G
Maybelline wears a turquoise ring that was found in her personal file
F C G
She assumes it was left as a clue that she might some day find
F C G
An aunt living in New Mexico or an uncle out in L.A.
F C G
She knows they’re out there somewhere ‘cause she sees them every day
Am G Am G
When she flies out of her mind
Am G Am G
To a beautiful place with sunny skies
Am G Am G
She’s free when she dreams
Am G Am G F C G
She’s Queen Maybelline
F C G
Maybelline’s got a polaroid of all the different families
F C G
The Howser’s, Gimmon’s, Nicholson’s, another short term memory
F C G
She never winds up anywhere that they don’t ask her to leave
F C G
An invisible girl in a cruel, cruel world, still can’t find some peace
Am G Am G
When she flies out of her mind
Am G Am G
To a beautiful place with sunny skies
Am G Am G
She’s free when she dreams
Am G Am G
She’s Queen Maybelline
F C
She knows God don’t make mistakes
Eb
She believes there’ll come a day
D Am C G D Am C G D
When she’ll finally find her place yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
Am G Am G
When she flies out of her mind
Am G Am G
To a beautiful place with sunny skies
Am G Am G
She’s free when she dreams
Am G Am G
She’s Queen Maybelline
Am G Am G
Free when she dreams
Am G Am G
She’s Queen Maybelline
Am G Am G
Free when she dreams
Am G Am F C G F C G
She’s Queen Maybelline
F C G
A little Maybelline, a little Maybelline, yeah
F C G (repeats until fades)
