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