Artist: | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (English) |
User: | Clint Jones |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Default |
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Comment: | - |
Intro: C C C C C C C C
C Mr. Smith had an Oldsmobile
F Baby blue with wire wheels
C He took her home the day that she was G7 advertised
C He said she leaked when it would rain
F Sounded like an aeroplane
C But I knew she was G7 a jewel in dis C guise
G7 She had a C 455 F Rocket
The biggest block alive
C I couldn't hardly wait just to tak G7 e my turn
C She was made for the straight aways
F She grew up hatin' Chevrolets
C She's a rocket, G7 she was made to C burn G7
C Well whose junkpile piece of Chevelle is this?
F Did you Boys come here to race or just kiss?
C Hmmm Don't you want to G7 know what I got underneath my hood?
C I know she might sound like she's missing
F But buddy, she could teach you a lesson
C In just a quarter G7 mile, and I'll smoke you C good
G7 In my C 455 F rocket
The kind the police drive
C I couldn't hardly wait just to tak G7 e my turn
C She was made for the straight aways
F She grew up hatin' Chevrolets
C She's a rocket, G7 she was made to C burn G7
Interlude: C C F F C C G7 G7 C C F F C G7 C G7
C I'm telling you and I ain't ashamed
F I cried when that wrecker came
C As we skid I thought I heard G7 angels sing
C We hit the curve and began to sail
F Took out most the safety rail
C Even the cop asked me, " G7 Man what'd you have C in that thing?"
G7 I had a C 455 F rocket
The very kind you drive
C You oughta watch yourself when you tak G7 e that turn
C She was made for the straight aways
F She grew up hatin' Chevrolets
C She's a rocket, G7 she was made to C burn, burn
C Lord she's a rocket G7 , she was made to C burn.