Queen Maybelline

F C G

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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

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Maybelline wears a turquoise ring that was found in her personal file
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She assumes it was left as a clue that she might some day find
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An aunt living in New Mexico or an uncle out in L.A.
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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

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Maybelline’s got a polaroid of all the different families
    F                   C                    G
The Howser’s, Gimmon’s, Nicholson’s, another short term memory
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She never winds up anywhere that they don’t ask her to leave
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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)