The Last Great American Dynasty

	 
[Versetto]
G             Am                 
 Rebekah rode up on the afternoon
 C 
 train, it was sunny 
 Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train, it was sunny 
G                         Am        
 Her saltbox house on the coast took
                  C 
 her mind off St. Louis 
 Her saltbox house on the coast took her mind off St. Louis 
G             Am                  
 Bill was the heir to the Standard
     G/B        C 
 Oil name and money 
 Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money 
         G                    
 And the town said, "How did a
 Am                    C 
 middle-class divorcée do it?"
 
 And the town said, "How did a middle-class divorcée do it?" 
G/B              Am            
 The wedding was charming, if a
            C 
 little gauche 
 The wedding was charming, if a little gauche 
                                
 There's only so far new money goes
 G/B 
 
 There's only so far new money goes 
                   Am                
 They picked out a home and called it
          C 
 "Holiday House" 
 They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House" 
G/B                 Am            
 Their parties were tasteful, if a
            Em 
 little loud 
 Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud 
                C                 
 The doctor had told him to settle
     G/B 
 down 
 The doctor had told him to settle down 
                   Am           
 It must have been her fault his
               C/E 
 heart gave out 
 It must have been her fault his heart gave out 
N.C. 
 And they said
[Ritornello]
D               G/B                
 There goes the last great American
 C       G 
 dynasty 
 There goes the last great American dynasty 
D              G/B                 
 Who knows, if she never showed up,
               C   G 
 what could've been 
 Who knows, if she never showed up, what could've been 
D               G/B               
 There goes the maddest woman this
          C 
 town has ever seen 
 There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen 
          G              Am     
She had a marvelous time ruining
           C 
 everything
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
[Versetto]
G             Am                    
 Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island
   C 
 set forever 
 Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set forever 
G                Am                
 Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends
          C 
 from the city 
 Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city 
            G/B                    
 Filled the pool with champagne and
 Am 
 swam with the big names 
 Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names 
     Em                           
 And blew through the money on the
 C 
 boys and the ballet 
 And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet 
G              Am                 
 And losing on card game bets with
 C 
 Dalí 
 And losing on card game bets with Dalí 
N.C. 
 And they said
[Ritornello]
D               G                 C
 There goes the last great American
       G 
 dynasty 
 There goes the last great American dynasty 
D              G                   
 Who knows, if she never showed up,
                  C   G 
 what could've been 
 Who knows, if she never showed up, what could've been 
D               G                   
 There goes the most shameless woman
      C 
 this town has ever seen 
 There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen 
          D              G      
She had a marvelous time ruining
           C 
 everything
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
[Ponte]
Am                Em 
 They say she was seen on occasion 
G                          D 
 Pacing the rocks, staring out at the
 midnight sea 
 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 
 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 
 Holiday House sat quietly on that beach 
Am       Em                  G 
 Free of women with madness, their
 men and bad habits 
 Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits 
D 
 And then it was bought by me  
G C G
[Ritornello]
D              G                 
 Who knows, if I never showed up,
                    C   G/B 
 what could've been 
 Who knows, if I never showed up, what could've been 
D               G                 
 There goes the loudest woman this
        C          G/B 
 town has ever seen 
 There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen 
          D              G    
I had a marvelous time ruining
             C    G/B 
 everything
I had a marvelous time ruining everything
[Outro]
         D          G  C G/B 
 I had a marvelous time ruining
 everything 
 I had a marvelous time ruining everything 
D            G   C  G/B 
 A marvelous time ruining everything
 
 A marvelous time ruining everything 
D            G    C G/B 
 A marvelous time 
         D        G     C 
 I had a marvelous time