Hot Rod Race Chords by Red Foley

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_ _ _ _ Now me and my wife and brother Joe took off in a boat from San [Bb] Pedro.
Didn't have much gas and the tires were low, but the dog on board [A] could really go.
Along about the middle of the night we was ribbing along [Bb] like poor folks might.
[F] When a mercury behind he blinked his light, he honked [G] his horn and he flew out of sight.
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We had twin pots and a Columbia butt, few people may think that I'm in a rut.
[F] But to you folk that don't dig the jive, that's two carburetors and an overdrive.
We made three spots out of many a town and [Am] left the cops spinning [Bb] round and round.
They wouldn't chase, they'd [F] run and hide, but [Cm] me and that mercury stayed side by [Bb] side.
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at my bride, her face was blue, I was stuck to the throttle just like it was blue.
We left streaks through towns about forty feet wide, but me and that mercury stayed side by side.
My brother was pale, he said he was sick, he said he was just a [Bb] nervous wreck.
But why should I worry, [F] for what the heck, me and that mercury was neck and neck. _ _ _
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[F] Now on through the desert we did glide, [Am]
flying low and [G] flying wide.
Me and [B] that mercury was taking [F] a ride, we [Em] stayed exactly side to side.
I looked in my mirror [Bb] and saw something coming, I thought it was a plane, the way it was humming.
Running along I had a terrible face, [Em] I knew right then it was the end of the [F] race.
When it flew [Dm] by us I turned the [F] other way, the guy in the mercury had nothing to say.
And I could see it was the streak of grey, [Bb] was a kid in a hopped up model [F] A.
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