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
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
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 )
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