Key: G
G
Am
C
Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train, it was sunny
G
Am
C
Her saltbox house on the coast took her mind off St. Louis
G
Am
G/B
C
Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money
G
Am
C
And the town said, "How did a middle-class divorcée do it?"
G/B
Am
C
The wedding was charming, if a little gauche
G/B
There's only so far new money goes
Am
C
They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House"
G/B
Am
Em
Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud
C
G/B
The doctor had told him to settle down
Am
C/E
It must have been her fault his heart gave out
N.C.
D
G/B
C
G
There goes the last great American dynasty
D
G/B
C
G
Who knows, if she never showed up, what could've been
D
G/B
C
There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen
G
Am
C
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
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/B
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 Dalí
N.C.
D
G
C
G
There goes the last great American dynasty
D
G
C
G
Who knows, if she never showed up, what could've been
D
G
C
There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen
D
G
C
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
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
C
G
D
G
C
G/B
Who knows, if I never showed up, what could've been
D
G
C
G/B
There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen
D
G
C
G/B
I had a marvelous time ruining everything
D
G
C
G/B
I had a marvelous time ruining everything
D
G
C
G/B
A marvelous time ruining everything
D
G
C
G/B
A marvelous time
D
G
C
I had a marvelous time