How to Play Maybelline on Guitar?

Chuck Berry - Maybelline can be played in the key of A using the A, D7, E7 chords. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B. For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open. For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Maybelline with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Chuck Berry - Maybelline Chords

Chord reference A, D7, E7

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[A]Maybelline, why can’t you be true? Oh, [D7]Maybelline, why [A]can’t you be true? You’ve [E7]started back [D7]doin’ the [A]things you used to do.

[A]As I was motivatin’ over the hill, I saw Maybelline in a Coupe de Ville. Cadillac rollin’ on the open road, but nothin’ outruns my V-8 Ford. Cadillac doin’ ’bout 95, bumper-to-bumper, rollin’ side by side.

[A]Maybelline, why can’t you be true? Oh, [D7]Maybelline, why [A]can’t you be true? You’ve [E7]started back [D7]doin’ the [A]things you used to do.

[A]Cadillac rolled up ahead of the Ford, the Ford got hot, wouldn’t do no more. It soon got cloudy and it started to rain. I tooted my horn for the passing lane. Rain was pourin’ under my hood, I knew that was doin’ my motor good.

[A]Maybelline, why can’t you be true? Oh, [D7]Maybelline, why [A]can’t you be true? You’ve [E7]started back [D7]doin’ the [A]things you used to do.

[A]Motor cooled down, the heat went down, that’s when I heard that highway sound. The Cadillac sittin’ like a ton of lead, 110 half a mile ahead. The Cadillac looked like it was sittin’ still. I caught Maybelline at the top of the hill.

[A]Maybelline, why can’t you be true? Oh, [D7]Maybelline, why [A]can’t you be true? You’ve [E7]started back [D7]doin’ the [A]things you used to do.

Artist Chuck Berry

Album Rock, Rock, Rock!

Genres Rock

Year 1956

Key A

Chuck Berry - Maybelline can be played in the key of A using the A, D7, E7 chords.

For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.
For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Maybelline with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.