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The Lot Behind St Marys by Lori McKenna
The Lot Behind St Marys
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 3rd fret
Key: Bb
Fingerpicking pattern:
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3---------3----------3----3------------3-------------3---|
G|--------0------0----------------0------------0--------------|
D|------0------0--------0--------0---------0----0---0----0----|
A|-------------------------------------3------3----3----------|
E|---3------3---------2-----2--------------------------2------|
G G/F# C G/F#
The chords are as follows, with a line | separating measures of 4 beats
| G G/F# | C G/F# |
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
The version below gives extra space for the C, to show that it takes up 3 beats:
G G/F# C G/F#
Here is the G with an F# in the bass:
G/F# 2x0033
Live performance for visual reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6YB8XJH8iQ
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[Intro]
G G/F# C G/F#
G G/F# C G/F#
[Verse 1]
G G/F# C G/F#
We wanted to know when we'd be free
G G/F# C G/F#
What life looked like on the other side of that sanctuary
G G/F# C
Believin' somehow we'd make them proud
G/F# G G/F# C G G/F# C
Knowin' the sins they made and figuring we could stay on common ground
[Verse 2]
G G/F# C
Cigarette smoke in an August sky
G/F# G G/F# C G/F#
Drinkin' the beers you convinced your older brother to buy
G G/F# C G/F#
We hadn't made any of our mistakes
G G/F# C G/F#
Our world was in the cradle, but innocence wasn't in the grave
[Chorus 1]
Em D C G
And I know we can't go back in time
Em D C
But every now and then you look at me and I know you wonder why
G G/F# C
We can't get back to when September was our only adversary
D G G/F# C G/F#
In the lot behind, St. Mary's...
[Post-Chorus]
G G/F# C G/F#
[Verse 3]
G G/F# C G/F#
Well I thought I'd be all you'd need
G G/F# C G/F#
But your heart was in the dark and mine was in the weeds
G G/F# C
I'm sure the dreamer who built the first trapeze
G/F# G G/F# C G/F#
Fell in love with someone who grew to resent the goddamn thing
[Chorus 2]
Em D C G
And I know we can't go back in time
Em D C
But every now and then you look at me as if to wonder why
G G/F# C
We can't get back to the love we made before our teenage dreams were buried
D G G/F# C G/F#
In the lot behind, St. Mary's...
G G/F# C G/F#
St. Mary's...
[Post-Chorus]
G G/F# C G/F#
G G/F# C G/F#
[Verse 4]
G G/F# C G/F#
A nightlight glowed in the rectory
G G/F# C
We told ourselves the pastor must be sound asleep
G/F# G G/F# C
But now we're old enough to know he never slept
G/F# G G/F# C G/F#
And that God's love is almighty, but our love is just bones and flesh
[Chorus 3]
Em D C G
And I know we can't go back in time
Em D C
But every now and then you reach for me and I close my eyes and try
G G/F# C
To get back to that summer and the blue jeans we were wearin'
D G G/F# C G/F#
In the lot behind, St. Mary's...
G G/F# C G/F#
St. Mary's...
[Outro]
G G/F# C G/F#
G G/F# C
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