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Hot Rod Lincoln (D Major)
Artist: Commander Cody    Genre: Rock    Roman Numerals: I, IV, V    Instrument: Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E]    Entered by: Leadpencil9   
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D
(D,F♯,A)
- - D A D F♯
G
(G,B,D)
G B D G B G
A
(A,C♯,E)
- A E A C♯ E


Intro spoken
My pappy said, Son, you're gonna drive me to drinking
If you don't stop driving that Hot    Rod     Lincoln

Riff
E string frets, 2 hold, 0 0 3 4 A string 2 2 4 2 5 2 4 5 4 2 E string 3 4

Verse
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Have you heard the story of the hot rod race
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] When		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] Fords and Lincolns were setting the pace
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] that		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] story is true , I'm here to say
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] I was driving that Model		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] A

Verse
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] It's got a		 Lincoln motor and it's really souped up
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] That		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] Model A body makes it look like a pup
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] It' got		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] eight cylinders, uses the all
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] It's got		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] overdrive, just won't		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] stall

Verse
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] With a		 4-barrel carb and dual exhaust
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] With		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] 4. 11 gears you can really get lost
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] It's got		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] safety tubes, but I ain't scared
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] The		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] brakes are good, tires		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] fair

Verse
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Pulled out of San Pedro late one night
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] The		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] moon and the stars were shining bright
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] We were		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] driving up Grapevine Hill
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Passing cars like they were standing		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] still

Riff

Verse
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] All of a sudden in a wink of an eye
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] A		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] Cadillac sedan passed us by
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] I said,		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] "Boys, that's a mark for me"
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] By then		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] the tail light was all you could		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] see

Verse
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Now the fella's was ribbing me for being behind
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] So I		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] thought I'd make the Lincoln upwind
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] Took my		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] foot off the gas and man alive
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] I		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] shove it down into over		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] drive

Verse
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Wound it up to a hundred and ten
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] My		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] speedometer said that I hit top end
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] My		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] foot was glued like lead to the floor
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] That's		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] all there is and there ain't no		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] more

Verse
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Now the boys thought I'd loss my sense
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] And		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] telephone poles looked like a picket fence
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] They		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] said, "Slow down! I see spots!
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] The		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] lines on the road just look like		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] dots

Verse
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Took a corner , sideswiped a truck
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Crossed		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] my fingers just for luck
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] My		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] fenders were clicking the guardrail posts
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] The		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] guy beside me was white as a		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] ghost

Riff

Verse
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Smoke was coming from out of the back
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] When I		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] started to gain on that Cadillac
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Don't you		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] know by then we'd be low on		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] gas

Verse
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] We had		 flames coming from out of the side
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Feel the		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] tension , man what a ride!
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] I said ,		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] "Look out boys, I've got a license to fly"
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] And that		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Caddy pull over and let us		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] by

Verse
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Now all of a sudden she started to knocking
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] And		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] down in the dips she started to rocking
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] I		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] looked in my mirror: a red light was blinking
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] The		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] cops was after my hot rod		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Lincoln

Verse
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] They arrested me and they put me in jail
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] And		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] called my pappy to throw my bail
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] And he		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] said, "Son, you're going to drive me to drinking
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] If you		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] don't stop driving that   hot   rod		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Lincoln"

Riff
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