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Intro
 Em-  A-        D   Em- A  
1. Get Dyou, brushinEmg your hair with thAe wind,D  
    Emriding your bike Aup on Mulholland DDrive.Bm  
    Oh, I Ggot a five-Aminute…
2. …rush Dfrom you in yEmour faded blue jeAans,D  
    HEmow many years is Ait you've beeDn alive?Bm  
    Oh, I'lGl take a guess.A  
              Em-                               A                         D  Bm  
    Rebecca,         could it be eighteen, nineteen or so?
                      Em-                      A  D  
    Oh, Rebecca,       will I ever know?
3. No Dway, where woEmuld I fit in your Alife?D  
     WhaEmt would you do with a Aman without chaDnge.Bm  
    too strangGe and too poor…A  
4. ….to be trusted, Drusted a Emcouple of timAes,D  
    shEmaken a bit Aby the years on Dthe road,Bm  
    and the women IG've known?A  
         Em-                                         A                      D  
    Rebecca,       you'd have liked the name I gave to you,
                      Em-                       A  D  
    Oh, Rebecca,       if you only knew.
              Em- A  
    Go home        to your father's friends,
                   Em- A  
    straight sons        to your mother's friends,
                 Em- A  
    sweet ones       to those families,
    Emwell-to-do and so weAll-established.
5. And one daDy you might Emwake up to a shock, giArl,D  
    whEmat has it come Ato, this sensible liDfe.Bm  
    The wife Gof a fool?A  
              Em-                         A                         D  Bm  
    Rebecca,       reading magazines in a chic salon.
                     Em-                                  A                  D  
    Oh, Rebecca,       where's Rebecca gone?
     Em-  A-         D   Em-  A- D  

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Rebecca

by Albert Hammond

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Chords in this song · guitar

Intro

Em A D Em A

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D Em A D

1. Get you, brushing your hair with the wind,

Em A D Bm

riding your bike up on Mulholland Drive.

G A

Oh, I got a five-minute…

D Em A D

2. …rush from you in your faded blue jeans,

Em A D Bm

How many years is it you've been alive?

G A

Oh, I'll take a guess.

Em A D Bm

Rebecca, could it be eighteen, nineteen or so?

Em A D

Oh, Rebecca, will I ever know?

D Em A D

3. No way, where would I fit in your life?

Em A D Bm

What would you do with a man without change.

G A

too strange and too poor…

D Em A D

4. ….to be trusted, rusted a couple of times,

Em A D Bm

shaken a bit by the years on the road,

G A

and the women I've known?

Em A D

Rebecca, you'd have liked the name I gave to you,

Em A D

Oh, Rebecca, if you only knew.

Em A

Go home to your father's friends,

Em A

straight sons to your mother's friends,

Em A

sweet ones to those families,

Em A

well-to-do and so well-established.

D Em A D

5. And one day you might wake up to a shock, girl,

Em A D Bm

what has it come to, this sensible life.

G A

The wife of a fool?

Em A D Bm

Rebecca, reading magazines in a chic salon.

Em A D

Oh, Rebecca, where's Rebecca gone?

Em A D Em A D

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