You Can’t Catch Me – John Lennon
Written by: Chuck Berry
From: “Rock’n’Roll” (1975)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Riff
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[Verse 1]
N.C.
I bought a brand new airmobile
N.C.
'Twas a custom made, 'twas a flightning deal
N.C.
With a powerful motor and a hide away wing
N.C.
Pushin’ on the button, you will hear her sing
Now you can't catch me
Baby, you can't catch me
Cause if you get too close
You know I'm going' like cool breeze
(break)
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Hey! Hey!
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Well, you walk! You walk!
[Verse 2]
New Jersey turnpike in the wee wee hours
I was rolling slowly cause of drizzling showers
Here come a flat-top, he was moving up with me
Then come waving goodbye in a little old souped up jitney
I put my foot in the tank, I began to roll
Moaning siren, 'twas the state patrol
I let out my wings, then I blew my horn
Bye-bye, New Jersey, I become airborne
You can't catch me
Baby, you can't catch me
Cause if you get too close
You know I'm going' like cool breeze
(break)
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Hey! Hey!
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Well, you walk! You walk!
repeated
N.C.
I bought a brand new airmobile
N.C.
'Twas a custom made, 'twas a flightning deal
N.C.
With a powerful motor and a hide away wing
N.C.
Pushin’ on the button, you will hear her sing
Now you can't catch me
Baby, you can't catch me
Cause if you get too close
You know I'm going' like cool breeze
(break)
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Hey! Hey!
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Well, you walk! You walk!
[Verse 3]
Flying with my baby last Saturday night
Wasn't a gray cloud floating in sight
Big, full moon, shining up above
Cuddle up, honey, be my love
Sweetest little thing that I ever seen
I'm going to name you Maybellene
Flying on the beam, set on flight control
Radio tuned to rock and roll
Two, three hours passed us by,
Altitude dropped into five-o-five
Fuel consumption, way too fast
Let's get on home before we run out of gas
Now you can't catch me
Baby, you can't catch me
Cause if you get too close
You know I'm going' like cool breeze
(break)
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Get it on!
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Well, you walk! Get it on!
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Get it on, get it on, get it on, do it!
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Get it on, get it on!
(fade out)