Hot Rod Lincoln Chords by Johnny Bond

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_ _ _ Now you've heard the story of the hot rod race when the Ford and the Mercury were
setting the pace.
That story's true I'm here to say, [B] cause I was a driver in that Model [Em] A. _ _
It's got a Lincoln [B] motor and it's really souped up and [A] that Model A body makes it look like [E] a pup.
It's got eight cylinders, new smalls, [B] and overdrives that just won't stop.
[Em] _ _ It's got a [E] four valve carb and a fuel exhaust, [Dbm] four 11 gears that [E] can really get lost.
It's got safety tubes and I'm not [B] scared.
The brakes are good and the tires are fair.
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We [Abm] left San Pedro [Ab] late one [E] night, the moon and the [Gbm] stars were shining [E] bright.
Everything went fine up the grapevine [B] hill.
We was passing cars like they [E] was standing still. _ _ _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ [E] of a sudden like the flick of an [A] eye, a Cadillac Celene [Gbm] passed me [E] by.
The remarks made that's the car for [B] me, but at the end of the hill that was all you could [Em] see. _ _
[Abm] Well a fella's ripped me for being [A] behind so I started to make that Lincoln [E] unwind.
Took my foot off the gas and man [Ebm] alive I shoved it down into [E] overdrive.
_ _ Well I wound it up to 110, [Gbm] twisted the speedometer cable off [E] the end,
had my foot beat near to the floor, [B] says that's all there is, ain't no more.
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[Abm] Went around the corner and I passed a truck.
[A] I crossed my fingers, just glugged [E] the fenders,
making the guardrail [B] close to the guy and the saddle being wide as a goat.
[Em] _ _ _ [Abm] I guess they thought I had [Ab] lost [A] sense.
The telephone poles looked like a piggy [E] fence.
It said slow down, I see [B] spots, the [Eb] lines in the road, they just looked [Em] like dots.
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Smoke was rolling out of the back [A] when I started to gain on that [E] Cadillac.
I knew I could catch him and I hoped I could [B] pass, but when I did I'd be short on [Em] gas.
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[E] _ _ _ Went around the corner with the tires on the [A] side, you could feel the tension, [E] men want a ride.
I said hold on, I [B] got a license to fly and the Cadillac pulled over and left me [Em] behind.
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Then all [E] of a sudden the rods started [A] knocking, down in the dips he started [Ab] rocking.
[E] I looked in the mirror and the red light was [B] blinking, the cops were there to my heart.
[E] _ _ _ Well they arrested me and they put me in [A] jail, I called my [Gbm] pops, I called my [E] bail.
He said son, you're gonna drive me to [B] drinking if you don't quit driving that [E] hot rod thing.
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