The Last Great American Dynasty

Intro: G 


[Verso 1]

G              Am7           
  Rebekah rode up on  
                C 
The afternoon train, it was sunny 
G                            Am7         
  Her saltbox house on the coast … 
                   C 
Ttook …her mind off … St. Louis 
G               Am7             
  Bill was the heir  
                G/B          C 
To …the Standard Oil name and money 
         G            
And the town said 
          Am7                   C 
"How did a middle-class divorcée do it?" 
G/B                  Am7          
    The wedding was charming 
             C 
If a little gauche 
                                G/B 
There's only so far new money goes 
                    Am7            
 They picked out a home  
                        C 
And called it "Holiday House" 
G/B                     Am7              
    Their parties were tasteful 
              Em  
If a little loud 
                 C                   
 The doctor had told him to settle down 
G/B                    Am7          
    It must have been her  
                 C/E 
Fault his heart gave out 

And they said 
  

[Refrão]

D                 G/B                 C      G 
  There goes the last great American dynasty 
D                 G/B              
  Who knows, if she never showed up 
               C   G 
What could've been 
D                 G/B                   
  There goes the maddest woman  
              C 
This town has ever seen 
           G              
She had a marvelous time  
 Am7               C 
Ruining everything 
  

[Verso 2]

G              Am7           
  Rebekah gave up on  
                  C 
The Rhode Island set forever 
G                  Am7               
  Flew in all her Bitch Pack  
                  C 
Friends from the city 
            G/B        Am7             
Filled the pool with champagne  
       
And swam with the big names 
      Em                   
 And blew through the money  
        C 
On the boys and the ballet 
G                Am7                 C 
  And losing on card game bets with Dalí 

And they said 
  

[Refrão]

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                
  There goes the most shameless woman  
      C 
This town has ever seen 
           D              G                 C  G/B 
She had a marvelous time ruining everything 
  

[Ponte]

Am7                  Em 
   They say she was seen on occasion 
G                           
  Pacing the rocks, staring  
D 
Out at the midnight sea 
Am7          Em 
   And in a feud with her neighbor 
G                         D 
   She stole his dog and dyed  

It key lime green 
Am7        Em 
    Fifty years is a long time 
 G                   D 
Holiday House sat quietly on that beach 
Am7          Em       
    Free of women with madness 
       G 
Their men and bad habits 
D 
 And then it was bought by me 
  
( G  C  G ) 
  

[Refrão]

D               
  Who knows, if  
G                              
I never showed up 
               C  G/B 
What could've been 
D                 G               
  There goes the loudest woman  
              C          G/B 
This town has ever seen 
         D              G                 C  G/B 
I had a marvelous time ruining everything 
          D             G  C  
 I had a marvelous time  
 G/B 
Ruining everything 
D              G   C   
  A marvelous time 
 G/B 
Ruining everything 
D              G    C  G/B 
  A marvelous time 
          D         G   C 
 I had a marvelous time