Hot Rod Mercury Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[F]Oh [D]yeah, I had to be a hot rod
Mercury, a 1951
With a sun visor and a fender skirt,
[G]boy I [A]had her underslung
[D]Had a little chain around the license plate,
suicide knob on the steering [G]wheel
Had a little rip in the [D]front seat cover,
[G]but [A]that weren't no big [D]deal
Captain shined up like a new penny,
all dressed up so neat
She was a classic and more, with a four in the floor,
a [A]fifth under the front seat
Had [D]a straight pipe running through the muffler,
with a hideaway toggle [G]switch
And that old
Mercury [D]purred just like a kitten
[G]Until [A]I hit that swi[D]tch
Then you better pull down your windows
And lock up all your [G]doors
Believe it or not for twenty [D]city blocks
You can [A]hear that
Mercury [D]roar
Hear that
Mercury roar
[G]Hear that
Mercury [D]roar
Believe it or not, between these city blocks,
you can [A]hear that old
Berkley [D]roll
Down in
Lameesa,
Texas, right on the courthouse square
All the guys and all of the chicks,
[G]well, [A]they hang out down there
The [D]gals would go one way around the
square and the guys around the [G]other
When we would meet, we would slow way [D]down,
[G]che[A]ck out one another.[D]
And when I met that special girl,
what I could ad[G]ore,
I'd reach down, trip that [D]old toggle switch,
[G]and mak[A]e that old mercury roa[D]r.
Make that mercury roar,
[G]make that mercury [D]roar.
I'd reach down, trip that old toggle switch,
[A]and make that old mercury rol[D]l[A][D][G]
[D][G][A][D]
If I could just go back to the fifties and
the things would be the same
You see me hangin' out at the
Skyview [G]drive -in with [A]my
Patricia
Jane
I [D]used to do the music on the
jukebox down at the
Rex[G]all store
But one more time I'd like to [D]trip that
switch [G]an d [A]make that old
Mercury [D]roll
Make that mercury roar, [G]make that mercury [D]roar
I'd reach down and trip that old toggle switch
[G]Make [A]that mercury roa[D]r
Make that mercury roar,
[G]make that mercury [D]roar
I'd reach down, shift that old toggle switch,
[G]mak[A]e that old burqa re -ro[D]ll
Yeah, go down to the sky, be drivin'
Have a little of that fried chicken
Do a little sparkin'
I think you call it neckin' nowadays
Ooh, got me a suicide knob
on my steering wheel
Got a rose in it, a wife wouldn't
let me put [D]a naked girl in it

[Outro 1]
Make that mercury roll
[D]