Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen | Guitar Chords | VChords

[Intro]
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My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln."

[Verse 1]
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E A B E         E
       Have you heard this story of the Hot Rod Race
     A
When Fords and Lincolns was settin' the pace.
     B
That story is true,
I'm here to say
E
I was drivin' that Model A.

[Verse 2]
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           E
It's got a Lincoln motor
And it's really souped up.
         A
And that model A body makes it look like a pup
         B
It's got eight cylinders; uses them all.
E
It's got overdrive, just won't stall.

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

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

[Guitar Break]
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E | A | B | E 

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

[Outro]
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E | A | B | E