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A1.2·rock-and-roll·2:20

Maybellene

Chuck Berry · 1955

Maybellene by Chuck Berry (1955) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
  • You just started doing the things you used to do
  • As I was motorvatin' over the hill
  • I saw Maybellene in a Coupé De Ville

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
  • You done started back doing the things you used to do
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh,why can't you be true?

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Aa-rollin' on the open road

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

The Cadillacup to a hundred and four

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Imy horn for the passin' lane

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I knew that was doin' mygood

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

The Cadillaclike a ton of lead

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Maybellene, why can't you be true?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

As I was motorvatin' over the hill

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I tooted my horn for the passin' lane

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And that's when I heard that highway sound

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Nothin' outrun my V8 Ford

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Maybellene, why ? you be true?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I saw Maybellene in a ? De Ville

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

We was ? to bumper, rollin' side by side

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I ? my horn for the passin' lane

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And ? when I heard that highway sound

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "maybellene" in the whole song?

"maybellene"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "can't" in the whole song?

"can't"

Exercise 24

"Maybellene" was released in 1955. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 25

Imagine you are making a short film with "Maybellene" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 26

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

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Exercise 27

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • can't→
  • wouldn't→
  • that's→
  • it's→

Exercise 28

If you could ask Chuck Berry one question about "Maybellene", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 29

Describe the mood of "Maybellene" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 30

Rewrite the chorus of "Maybellene" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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