Parking Lot

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot} Chords to know:           {o = play open string}
E|--x---3---x---x-----
A|--x---x---o---x-----
D|--o---o---2---o-----
G|--2---o---2---2-----
B|--3---3---2---2-----
e|--2---3---o---o-----{eot}
    [D]   [G]   [A]   [A/D]

 [at the very beginning, he plays (xxo23o) and hammers on the open E]

{section: Verse 1}
 [D]When I was younger I was [G]so optimistic [A]
[D]Got my records from a [G]mail-order catalog [A]
 [D]I'm in and out and I [G]think too much [A]
[D]No one likes someone that [G]ain't no fun.[A]

{section: Chorus}
 [A]But the [D]ven[G]ue is [D]killing my [A]ea[D]rdrums,
[D]The band that's [G]playing is a [D]bit too [A]much.
 [D]The first [G]band's [D]so [A]optimistic,
[D]We're in the [G]parking lot, [D]everyone's in [A]th[D]e parking [D]lot.

{section: Verse 2}
 [D]I saw the room was [G]filling up,[A]
[D]I didn't think any[G]one would come.[A]
 [D]the second band is [G]wrapping up,[A]
[D]the night's young I [G]guess,[A] I thought it was dead.

{section: Chorus}
[A] 'Cause the [D]ven[G]ue is [D]killing my [A]ea[D]rdrums,
[D]The band that's [G]playing is a [D]bit too [A]much.
 [D]The first [G]band's [D]so [A]optimistic,
[D]I'm in the [G]parking lot, [D]everyone's in [A]th[D]e parking [D]lot.

{section: Bridge}
[D] I[G]n [A]the parking lot. I'm in the parking lot

ALTERNATE VERSE:
 [D]Wouldn't want to[G] give up,[A] in a Tulsa parking lot,
[D]everyone just[G] showed up,[A] in a Tulsa parking lot.
 [D]We don't mean to[G] disrespect,[A] in a Tulsa parking lot.
[D]Everyone's out[G]side,[A] in a Tulsa parking lot.

{section: Chorus}
 The [D]ven[G]ue is [D]killing my [A]ea[D]rdrums,
[D]The band that's [G]playing is a [D]bit too [A]much.
 [D]The first [G]band's [D]so [A]optimistic,
[D]I'm in the [G]parking lot, [D]everyone's in [A]th[D]e parking [D]lot.

{section: Bridge}
[D]  [G]I'[A]m in the parking lot. Everyone's in the parking lot.

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