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