Hot Rod Lincoln chords by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (Official Version)

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Intro 1

My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive

me to drinkin'

If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln"

Verse 1
E7 
Have you heard this story of the Hot Rod race
A7 
When the Fords and Lincolns
was settin' the pace
B7 
Said story is true, I'm here to say
E7 
E6 
I   was drivin' that Model A

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Verse 2

It's got a Lincoln motor and

it's really souped up

That Model A body makes it look like a pup

It's got eight cylinders, uses them all

E13

It's got overdrive, just won't stall

Verse 3

With a 4-barrel carb and a dual exhaust

With 4.11 gears you can really get lost

It's got safety tubes, but I ain't scared

The brakes are good, tires fair

Verse 4

Pulled out of San Pedro late one night

The moon and the stars was shinin' bright

We was drivin' up Grapevine Hill

Passing cars like they was standing still

Interlude 1

Verse 5

All of a sudden in a wink of an eye

A Cadillac sedan passed us by

I said, "Boys, that's a mark for me!"

By then the taillight was all you could see

Verse 6

Now the fellas was ribbin' me for bein' behind

So I thought I'd make the Lincoln unwind

Took my foot off the gas and man alive

I shoved it on down into overdrive

Verse 7

Wound it up to a hundred-and-ten

My speedometer said that I hit top end

My foot was blue, like lead to the floor

That's all there is and there ain't no more

Verse 8
E7 
Now the boys all thought I'd lost my sense
A7 
And telephone poles looked like
a picket fence
B7 
They said, "Slow down! I see spots!
E7 
The lines on the road just look like dots"

Verse 9

Took a corner; sideswiped a truck

Crossed my fingers just for luck

My fenders was clickin' the guardrail posts

E13

The guy beside me was white as a ghost

Interlude 2

Verse 10

Smoke was comin' from out of the back

When I started to gain on that Cadillac

Knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass

Don't you know by then we'd be low on gas?

Verse 11

We had flames comin' from out of the side

Feel the tension. Man! What a ride!

I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly!"

And that Caddy pulled over and let us by

Verse 12

Now all of a sudden she started to knockin'

And down in the dips she started to rockin'

I looked in my mirror; a red light was blinkin'

The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln!

Verse 13
E7 
They arrested me and they put me in jail
A7 
And called my pappy to throw my bail
B7 
And he said, "Son, you're gonna'
drive me to drinkin'
E7 
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln!

Outro 1

1971Country

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: E majorBPM: 132

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

E7: 0-2-0-1-0-0
A7: x-0-2-0-2-0
B7: x-2-1-2-0-2
E6: 0-2-2-1-2-0
E13: 0-2-0-1-2-0

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This is the definitive original version of Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of E major. It suits players who want to learn Hot Rod Lincoln the way Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.