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[Chords]
G 320033
Cadd9 x32033
A7sus4 x02033
G/B x20033
Emin7 022033
Cadd9/E 032033
Dsus4 xx0233
Keep third and fourth fingers in the same place for the whole song except in the bridge.
[Verse 1]
G A7sus4 Cadd9
Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train, it was sunny
G A7sus4 Cadd9
Her saltbox house on the coast took her mind off St. Louis
G A7sus4 Emin7 Cadd9
Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money
G A7sus4 Cadd9
And the town said, "How did a middle-class divorcée do it?"
G/B A7sus4 Cadd9
The wedding was charming, if a little gauche
G/B
There's only so far new money goes
A7sus4 Cadd9
They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House"
G/B A7sus4 Emin7
Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud
Cadd9 G/B
The doctor had told him to settle down
A7sus4 Cadd9/E
It must have been her fault his heart gave out
N.C
And they said
[Chorus]
Dsus4 G/B Cadd9 G
There goes the last great American dynasty
Dsus4 G/B Cadd9 G
Who knows, if she never showed up, what could've been
Dsus4 G/B Cadd9
There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen
G A7sus4 Cadd9
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
[Verse 2]
G A7sus4 Cadd9
Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set forever
G A7sus4 Cadd9
Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city
G/B A7sus4
Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names
Emin7 Cadd9
And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet
G A7sus4 Cadd9
And losing on card game bets with Dalí
N.C
And they said
[Chorus]
Dsus4 G/B Cadd9 G
There goes the last great American dynasty
Dsus4 G/B Cadd9 G
Who knows, if she never showed up, what could've been
Dsus4 G/B Cadd9
There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen
Dsus4 G Cadd9
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
[Bridge]
Am Em
They say she was seen on occasion
G D
Pacing the rocks, staring out at the midnight sea
Am Em
And in a feud with her neighbor
G D
She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green
Am Em
Fifty years is a long time
G D
Holiday House sat quietly on that beach
Am Em G
Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits
D
And then it was bought by me
G Cadd9 G
[Chorus]
Dsus4 G Cadd9 G/B
Who knows, if I never showed up, what could've been
Dsus4 G Cadd9 G/B
There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen
Dsus4 G Cadd9 G/B
I had a marvelous time ruining everything
[Outro]
(sung an octave higher)
Dsus4 G Cadd9 G/B
I had a marvelous ti-----------me ruining everything
Dsus4 G Cadd9 G/B
A marvelous ti-----------me ruining everything
Dsus4 G Cadd9 G/B
A marvelous ti-----------me
Dsus4 G Cadd9
I had a marvelous ti---me