Hot Rod Lincoln Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive
me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln"
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[Verse 1]
Have you [D]heard this story of the Hot Rod race
When the [G]Fords and Lincolns
was settin' the pace
Said [A]story is true, I'm here to say
[D]I was drivin' that Model A

[Verse 2]
It's got a [D]Lincoln motor and
it's really souped up
That [G]Model A body makes it look like a pup
It's got [A]eight cylinders, uses them all
It's got [D]overdrive, just won't stall

[Verse 3]
With a [D]4-barrel carb and a dual exhaust
With [G]4.11 gears you can really get lost
It's got [A]safety tubes, but I ain't scared
The [D]brakes are good, tires fair

[Verse 4]
Pulled [D]out of San Pedro late one night
The [G]moon and the stars was shinin' bright
We was [A]drivin' up Grapevine Hill
Passing [D]cars like they was standing still

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
[D]All of a sudden in a wink of an eye
A [G]Cadillac sedan passed us by
I [A]said, "Boys, that's a mark for me!"
By [D]then the taillight was all you could see

[Verse 6]
Now the [D]fellas was ribbin' me for bein' behind
So I [G]thought I'd make the Lincoln unwind
Took my [A]foot off the gas and man alive
I [D]shoved it on down into overdrive

[Verse 7]
[D]Wound it up to a hundred-and-ten
My spee[G]dometer said that I hit top end
My [A]foot was blue, like lead to the floor
That's [D]all there is and there ain't no more

[Verse 8]
Now the [D]boys all thought I'd lost my sense
And [G]telephone poles looked like
a picket fence
They [A]said, "Slow down! I see spots!
The [D]lines on the road just look like dots"

[Verse 9]
[D]Took a corner; sideswiped a truck
[G]Crossed my fingers just for luck
My [A]fenders was clickin' the guardrail posts
The [D]guy beside me was white as a ghost

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 10]
[D]Smoke was comin' from out of the back
When I [G]started to gain on that Cadillac
[A]Knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass
Don't you [D]know by then we'd be low on gas?

[Verse 11]
We had [D]flames comin' from out of the side
[G]Feel the tension. Man! What a ride!
I said, [A]"Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly!"
And that [D]Caddy pulled over and let us by

[Verse 12]
Now [D]all of a sudden she started to knockin'
And [G]down in the dips she started to rockin'
I [A]looked in my mirror; a red light was blinkin'
The [D]cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln!

[Verse 13]
They [D]arrested me and they put me in jail
And [G]called my pappy to throw my bail
And [A]he said, "Son, you're gonna'
drive me to drinkin'
If you [D]don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln!

[Outro 1]
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