Hot Rod Race Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]Now[Bm] me[D][G]
[D]and my[G]
wife [Bm]and brother Joe
Took [G]off in a [D]Ford [A]from San [G]Pedro
Didn't have [D]much [G]gas
[Bm]and the tires were low
But the [D]dog[Bm]gone [D]Ford [A]could really [G]go
[Bm]Along about the middle of the night
We was [D]ripping along [A]like
poor [G]folks might
When a Mercury [D]be [G]hind
[Bm]he blinked his light
[D]He honked his horn and it [A]flew out
[G]of [D]sight[G][Bm]
[D][G][D][Bm]
We [G]had twin pots [Bm]and a Columbia butt
You [G]people [Bm]may think that I'm [A]in a rut
[G]But to [D]you folks that [Bm]don't dig the jive
That's [D]two carburetors and an overdrive
We made three spots
[Bm]out of many a town
[G]An d left [D]the cops spin[A]ning
round [G]an d round
They [D]wouldn't chase,
[Bm]they'd run and hide
But [D]me and that Mercury [A]stayed
side [G]to [A]side[G][D]
[A][Bm]
[D]I l[G]ooked at my bride, her [Bm]face was blue
I was stuck to the [D]throttle
[Bm]just [A]like it was glue
[D]We left streaks through towns
[Bm]about forty feet wide
But [G]me and [Bm]that [D]Mercury
stayed [A]side to side
[G]My [D]bro[G]ther was[Bm] pale,
he said he was thick
He [G]said he [D]was just a
[Bm]nervous [A]wre[G]ck
[Bm]But why should I worry,
for what the heck
[D]Me and that [Bm]Mer [G]cury was neck and
[Bm]neck[D][Bm][D][G][D][Bm]
Now [G]on through the deser
[Bm]t we did glide
A [D]-flyin' low and a [A]-fly[G]in' wide
And me and [Bm]that Mercury
was takin' a ride
[D]We stayed exactly [G]side to side
[D]I looked in my m[Bm]irror and
saw somethin' comin'
I [G]thought it [D]was a plane,
the [A]way it [G]was a [D]-hummin'
Runnin' [Bm]along at a terrible pace
I [D]knew right then it was
[A]the end of [D]the race
When it flew by us [Bm]I
turned the other way
The [D]guy [Bm]in the M[D]ercury
[Bm]had nothin' [D]to say
And I could see it [Bm]was a streak of gray
Was a [D]kid in a hopped -up Model [D]A you