Hot Rod Lincoln chords by
Pat Travers

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Key: E major

Verse 1

My pappy said "Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin',

if you don't stop ridin' that Hot Rod Lincoln."

Interlude 1

Verse 2
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Have you heard the story of the hot rod race,
Where the Fords and Lincolns
were settin' the pace?
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That story is true, I'm here to say,
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That I was drivin' that Model- A.

Verse 3
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It's got a Lincoln motor
and it's really souped up,
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That Model- A body makes
it look like a pup.
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It's got eight cylinders and uses 'em all,
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Got overdrive that just won't stall.

Verse 4
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With a four- barrel carb and
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a dual exhaust,
With 4- 11 gears you can really get lost.
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Got safety tubes but I ain't scared,
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The brakes are good, tires fair.

Verse 5
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Pulled outta San Pedro late one night,
The moon and the stars was
shinin' bright.
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We was drivin' up Grapevine hill,
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Passin' cars like they was settin' still.

Verse 6

All of a sudden in the wink of an eye,

Cadillac sedan passed us by.

I said "Boys that's the mark for me,"

By then the tailight was all you could see.

Verse 7
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Now
the boys
ribbed me for bein' behind,
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So I thought I'd make
the Lincoln unwind.
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Took my foot off the gas and man alive,
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I shoved it on down into overdrive.

Verse 8
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Wound it up to a hunderd and ten,
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My speedometer said
that I hit top end.
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My foot was glued like
lead to the floor,
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That's all there is and there
ain't no more.

Verse 9
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Now the boys all thought
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I'd lost my sense,
Them telephone poles looked
like a picket fence.
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They said "slow down, I see spots,"
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The lines on the road just
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looked like dots.

Verse 10
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Took a corner and side-
swiped a truck,
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Crossed my fingers just for luck.
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My fenders was clickin' the
guardrail posts,
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The guy beside me was white

Interlude 2

as a ghost.

Verse 11
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Smoke was comin' from
outta the back,
When I started to gain on that Cadillac.
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Knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass,
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Don'tcha know by then

Verse 12
we'd be low on gas.
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We had flames comin' from
outta the tires,
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You could feel the tension,
man what a ride.
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I said "look out boys,
I got a license to fly,"
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And that Caddy pulled over and let us by.

Verse 13
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Now all of a sudden she
started knockin'
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Down in the dip she started to rockin'
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And I looked in the mirror,
a red light was blinkin',
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The cops was after my hot rod Lincoln.

Verse 14
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They arrested me and they put me in jail,
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They called my pappy to throw my bail,
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He said "Son you're gonna
drive me to drinkin'
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If you don't stop ridin' that

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hot rod Lincoln.

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