[Primeira Parte]
G Am
Rebekah rode up on
C C
The afternoon train, it was sunny
G Am
Her saltbox house on the coast
C C
Took her mind off St. Louis
G Am
Bill was the heir
C C
To the Standard Oil name and money
G
And the town said
Am C C
"How did a middle-class divorcée do it?"
G Am
The wedding was charming
C
If a little gauche
C
There's only so far new money goes
G Am
They picked out a home
C C
And called it "Holiday House"
G Am
Their parties were tasteful
C
If a little loud
C
The doctor had told him to settle down
G Am
It must have been her
C
Fault his heart gave out
C
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 maddest woman
C G
This town has ever seen
D
She had a marvelous time
G C G
Ruining everything
[Segunda Parte]
G Am
Rebekah gave up on
C C
The Rhode Island set forever
G Am
Flew in all her Bitch Pack
C C
Friends from the city
G Am
Filled the pool with champagne
C C
And swam with the big names
G Am
And blew through the money
C C
On the boys and the ballet
G Am C
And losing on card game bets with Dalí
C
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 G
This town has ever seen
D
She had a marvelous time
G C G
Ruining everything
[Ponte]
Am Em
They say she was seen on occasion
G
Pacing the rocks, staring
D
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 Am
Holiday House sat quietly on that beach
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 G
Who knows, if she never showed up
C G
What could've been
D G
There goes the loudest woman
C G
This town has ever seen
D
I had a marvelous time
G C G
Ruining everything
D G C
I had a marvelous tiiiiiiime
G
Ruining everything
D G C G
A marvelous tiiiiiime
G
Ruining everything
D G C G
A marvelous tiiiiiime
D G C C
I had a marvelous tiiiiiiime