Parking Lots
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[Verso 1]
Am
The night was so cold all the cats had gone home
D
I hate to be told what to do, lord
Am A
I hide under awnings like rats in a storm
D Dm D
I hide under cars when theyre left in the parking lots
[Refrão]
C Bm G
Oh, now I know what you mean
Bm D
When you said I was sick in my heart at nineteen
Am C Em
But Im older now and Im well
[Verso 2]
Am
So come over here let me look in your mirrors
D
The years are beginning to show, lord
Am
Theres been a darkness upon us so long
D Am
Its hard not to feel that our lives
C
Are not always our own
[Refrão]
C Bm G
Oh, now I know what you mean
Bm D
When you said I was sick in my heart at nineteen
Am C Em G
But Im older now and Im twice as well
[Verso 3]
C
So come over here
G
Let me look in your mirrors
D
An asp and an arrow
Em
And a lamb with a furrowed brow
[Refrão]
D G
Stay with me
C G
Cause I have been dying to meet you
Em D G
And now youre here
C G
I feel I could kill just to keep you
C G
Be calm the tell-tale heart
A# A
That leaves us beaten in the dark
C G
Tomorrow see the scars
A# Am
Theyll leave with feathers and of tar
Theyll leave you lying in the parking lots
[Verso 4]
C G
Oh, now I know what you mean
D
When you said I was sick in my heart at nineteen
C
If eyes are mirrors
G
Then signs are abound
D
An asp and an arrow
Em
And a lamb with a furrowed brow
[Refrão]
Dm G
Stay with me
C G
Cause I have been dying to meet you
Em D G
And now youre here
C G
I feel I could kill just to keep you
D G
And Stay with me
C G
Cause I have been dying to meet you
C G
Be calm the tell-tale heart
A# A
That leaves us beaten in the dark
C G
Tomorrow see the scars
A# Am
Theyll leave with feathers and of tar
Em
Theyll leave you lying in the parking lots
How to play Parking Lots
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Am. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.