Taylor Swift – the last great american dynasty

Performed by
Taylor Swift
Release Year
2020

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Taylor Swift – the last great american dynasty
Key: G Major BPM: ♩ = 148 Time: 4/4
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   Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train, it was sunny
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Her saltbox house on the coast took her mind off St. Louis
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   Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money
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And the town said, "How did a middle-class divorcée do it?"

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   The wedding was charming, if a little gauche, there’s only so far new money
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goes, they picked out a home and called it "Holiday House"
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   Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud, the doctor had told him to settle
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 down, it must have been her fault his heart gave out

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And they said,  there goes the last great American dynasty
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   Who knows if she never showed up what could've been
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   There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen
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She had a marvelous time ruining everything

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   Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set, forever
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   Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city
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Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names
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And blew through the money on the boys and the
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ballet, and losing on card game bets with Dalí

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And they said,  there goes the last great American dynasty
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   Who knows if she never showed up what could've been
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   There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen
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She had a marvelous time ruining everything 

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   They say she was seen on occasion, pacing the rocks staring out at the midnight
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 sea, and in a feud with her neighbor, she stole his dog and dyed it key lime
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 green, 50 years is a long time, holiday House sat quietly on that
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 beach, free of women with madness, their men and bad habits, then it was bought by

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 me

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   Who knows, if I never showed up what could've been
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   There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen
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I had a marvelous time ruining everything

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I had a marvelous time        ruining everything
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A marvelous time,       ruining everything
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A marvelous time
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I had a marvelous time

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