[Verse 1]
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 Em 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 Am C
The wedding was charming, if a little gauche
G
There's only so far new money goes
Am C
They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House"
G Am Em
Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud
C G
The doctor had told him to settle down
Am C
It must have been her fault his heart gave out
(And they said)
[Chorus]
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 maddest woman this town has ever seen
G Am C
She had a marvelous time ruining everything.
[Verse 2]
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 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
And they said
[Chorus]
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..
[Bridge]
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 Am
She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green
Em
Fifty years is a long time
G D Am
Holiday House sat quietly on that beach
Em G
Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits
D
And then it was bought by me
[Instrumental]
G C G
.........
[Chorus]
D G C G
Who knows, if I never showed up, what could've been....
D G C G
There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen...
D G C G
I had a marvelous time ruining everything.......
[Outro]
D G
I had a marvelous ti..me
C G
....ruining everything
D G
A marvelous ti..me
C G
....ruining everything
D G C G
A marvelous ti..me........
D G C
I had a marvelous ti..me
