the last great american dynasty

Verse 1:
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 Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train, it was sunny
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 Her saltbox house on the coast took her mind off St. Louis
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 Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money
A                          E                        Dadd9
 And the town said, "How did a middle-class divorcée do it?"
A             E                          Dadd9
 The wedding was charming, if a little gauche
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 There's only so far new money goes
                   E                           Dadd9
 They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House"
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 Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud
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 The doctor had told him to settle down
                   E                         Dadd9
 It must have been her fault his heart gave out
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 And they said
 
Chorus:
A               E                   Dadd9
 There goes the last great American dynasty
A              E                                 Dadd9
 Who knows, if she never showed up, what could've been
A               E                           Dadd9
 There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen
          A              E                  Dadd9
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
 
Verse 2:
A             E                         Dadd9
 Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set forever
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 Flew in all her xxxxx Pack friends from the city
            A                     E  
 Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names
     Gbm7                            D
 And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet
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 And losing on card game bets with Dalí
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 And they said
 
Chorus:
A               E                   Dadd9
 There goes the last great American dynasty
A              E                                       Dadd9
 Who knows, if she never showed up, what could've been
A               E                                  Dadd9
 There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen
          A              E                   Dadd9
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
 
Bridge:
Bm                Gbm7
 They say she was seen on occasion
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 Pacing the rocks, staring out at the midnight sea
Bm                      Gbm7
 And in a feud with her neighbor
A                      E
 She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green
Bm     Gbm7
 Fifty years is a long time
A                  E
 Holiday House sat quietly on that beach
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 Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits
E
 And then it was bought by me
 
Interlude: A Dadd9 A
 
Chorus:
A              E                                       Dadd9
 Who knows, if I never showed up, what could've been
A               E                                   Dadd9
 There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen
          A             E                Dadd9
I had a marvelous time ruining everything
 
Outro:
         A          E     Dadd9
 I had a marvelous time ruining everything
A            E      Dadd9
 a marvelous time ruining everything
A            E      Dadd9
 a marvelous time
         A       E       Dadd9
 I had a marvelous time