The Last Great American Dynasty
Taylor Swift 🎵 Key
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Verse 1
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Rebekah rode up on
C9
The afternoon train, it was sunny
G Am7
Her saltbox house on the coast
C9
Ttook her mind off St. Louis
G Am7
Bill was the heir
G/B C9
To the Standard Oil name and money
G
And the town said
Am7 C9
"How did a middle-class divorcée do it?"
G/B Am7
The wedding was charming
C9
If a little gauche
G/B
There's only so far new money goes
Am7
They picked out a home
C9
And called it "Holiday House"
G/B Am7
Their parties were tasteful
Em
If a little loud
C9
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
Chorus
D G/B C9 G
There goes the last great American dynasty
D/F# G/B
Who knows, if she never showed up
C9 G
What could've been
D/F# G/B
There goes the maddest woman
C9
This town has ever seen
G
She had a marvelous time
Am7 C9
Ruining everything
Verse 2
G Am7
Rebekah gave up on
C9
The Rhode Island set forever
G Am7
Flew in all her Bitch Pack
C9
Friends from the city
G/B Am7
Filled the pool with champagne
And swam with the big names
Em
And blew through the money
C9
On the boys and the ballet
G Am7 C9
And losing on card game bets with Dalí
And they said
Chorus
D/F# G C9 G
There goes the last great American dynasty
D/F# G
Who knows, if she never showed up
C9 G
What could've been
D/F# G
There goes the most shameless woman
C9
This town has ever seen
D/F# G C9 G/B
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
Bridge
Am7 Em
They say she was seen on occasion
G
Pacing the rocks, staring
D/F#
Out at the midnight sea
Am7 Em
And in a feud with her neighbor
G D/F#
She stole his dog and dyed
It key lime green
Am7 Em
Fifty years is a long time
G D/F#
Holiday House sat quietly on that beach
Am7 Em
Free of women with madness
G
Their men and bad habits
D/F#
And then it was bought by me
G C9 G
( )
Chorus
D/F#
Who knows, if
G
I never showed up
C9 G/B
What could've been
D/F# G
There goes the loudest woman
C9 G/B
This town has ever seen
D/F# G C9 G/B
I had a marvelous time ruining everything
D/F# G C9
I had a marvelous time
G/B
Ruining everything
D/F# G C9
A marvelous time
G/B
Ruining everything
D/F# G C9 G/B
A marvelous time
D/F# G C9
I had a marvelous time
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