The Last Great American Dynasty

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
G             Am
 Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train,
C
 it was sunny
    G                    Am
Her saltbox house on the coast took her mind off St.
C
 Louis
G             Am                           Em    C
 Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name  and money
        G
And the town said,
           Am                   C
"How did a mid dleclass divorcee do it?"
G                Am
 The wedding was charming,
if a little gauche
C
 There's only so far new money goes
G                  Am                         C
 They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House"
G                   Am
 Their parties were tasteful,
if a little loud
Em               C                      G
  The doctor had told him to settle down
                  Am                      C
It must have been her fault his heart gave out
And they said

[Chorus]
D            G                         C    G
 "There goes the last great American dynasty
D              G
 Who knows, if she never showed up,
                  C G
what could've been
D           G                                C
 There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen
          G             Am                   C
She had a marvelous time  ruining everything"

[Verse 2]
G             Am                        C
 Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set forever
G                Am                            C
 Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city
           G                       Am
Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names
        Em                         C
And blew  through the money on the boys and the ballet
G             Am                      C
 And losing on  card game bets with Dali
And they said

[Chorus]
D            G                         C    G
 "There goes the last great American dynasty
D              G
 Who knows, if she never showed up,
                  C G
what could've been
D               G                                   C
 There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever
seen
          G             Am                   C
She had a marvelous time  ruining everything"

[Interlude]
Am             Em
  They say she was seen on occasion
G
Pacing the rocks,
   D                           Am
staring out at the midnight sea
       Em
And in a feud with her neighbor
G                    D                      Am     Em
She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green  Fifty
years is a long time
G                D                     Am       Em
Holiday House sat quietly on that beach  Free of
women with madness,
      G
their men and bad habits
D                           D G C G
And then it was bought by me

[Chorus]
D              G
 Who knows, if I never showed up,
                  C G
what could've been
D           G                                C       G
 There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen
        D             G
I had a marvelous time ruining everything

[Outro 1]
C G        D             G C
   I had a marvelous time
G
 ruining everything
  D             G C G
A marvelous time     ruining everything
  D             G C G
A marvelous time
        D             G
I had a marvelous time

[Outro]
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