Queen Maybelline

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Maybelline just turned fourteen 
          G
didn’t get no birthday cake
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Case 9173, she’s a custody of the 
state
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She tells everybody she looks like 
her mama
             G
‘Cause she’s never seen her daddy’s 
eyes
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Just a throw away baby from the 
     C
1980s
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Another unwanted child yeah, Yeah

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Maybelline wears a turquoise ring
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 that was found in her personal file
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She assumes it was left as a clue 
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that she might some day find
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An aunt living in New Mexico or an 
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uncle out in L.A.
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She knows they’re out there 
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somewhere ‘cause she sees them every
 day

         Am  G        Am  G
When she flies out of her mind
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     Am        G          Am    
To a beautiful place with sunny 
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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 
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all the different families
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The Howser’s, Gimmon’s, 
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Nicholson’s, another short term 
memory
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She never winds up anywhere that 
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they don’t ask her to leave
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An invisible girl in a cruel, 
               G
cruel world, still can’t find some 
peace

         Am  G        Am  G
When she flies out of her mind
     Am        G          Am    
To a beautiful place with sunny 
G
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
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She believes there’ll come a day
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When she’ll finally find her place 
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yeah, yeah,   yeah yeah

         Am  G        Am  G
When she flies out of her mind
     Am        G          Am    
To a beautiful place with sunny 
G
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  
She’s Queen Maybelline
G   F  C  G

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A little Maybelline, a little 
          C    G
Maybelline,  yeah
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