Chords for Hot Rod Lincoln - Charley Ryan (1st version)

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_ _ _ You've heard this story of the hot rod race that fatal day, [A] when the Ford and the Merkur
went out to play.
[E] Well, this is the inside story, and I'm here to [F#m] say I was the kid that was a-driving that
Model [Em] A.
_ _ Well, it's got a leaking motor, and it's really [A] souped up, but that Model A body
makes it look like [E] a pup.
It's got 12 cylinders and uses them [F#m] all with an overdrive that just [Em] won't stop. _ _ _
_ It's got a four [E]-barrel carb and dual [A] exhaust, four 11 gears, you can really get [E] lost.
It's got safety tubes, and I'm not [B] scared.
The brakes are [F#m] good, and [Em] the tires are fair.
_ _ I left San [E] Pedro late one [A] night, the moon and the stars was shining [E] bright.
Everything went fine up the Grapevine [B] Hill.
We was passing cars like they was [E] standing [Em] still. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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And all of a sudden, like a flick of an eye, [A] a Cadillac sedan had passed us by.
[E] A remark was made, there's a car for [F#m] me, but by then the taillights [Em] were all you could see.
_ _ _ Well, the fellas ribbed me for being behind, [A] so I started to make that Lincoln unwind.
[E] I took my foot off the gas, and man alive, I shoved it down into overdrive.
_ _ Well, I wound it up to 110 [A] and twisted the speedometer cable off at the end.
[E] I had my foot feed clear to the [F#m] floor, I says, that's all there is, and [Em] there ain't no more. _
_ _ Went around [E] a corner and I passed a truck.
[A] I whispered a prayer, just for luck.
[E] The fenders was flicking, the guardrail [B] post, the guys beside me were [Em] white as goats.
_ I guess they thought I'd lost my sense, [A] the telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
[E] They said slow down, I see spots, the lines of the road just looked like dots.
_ _ Smoke was rolling out in the [A] back when I started to gain on that [E] Cadillac.
I knew I could catch him and hoped I could [B] pass, but when I did, I'd [F#m] be short [E] on gas.
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_ _ _ _ _ Went around a corner with the tires on the [A] side, you could feel the tension.
Man, what [E] a ride.
I said hold on, I got a license to fly when that [B] Cadillac pulled over and let me [Em] go by. _
_ And all of a sudden, the rod started knocking, [F#m] went down in a dip, and started to rock.
[E] I looked in my mirror and a red light was blinking.
[B] Pops was after [E] my hot rod Lincoln. _ _
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_ _ Well, they arrested me and put me in [A] jail.
I called my pop to go my [E] bail.
He said, son, you're gonna drive me to [B] drinking if you don't quit driving [E] that hot rod Lincoln. _ _ _
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