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Strip Mall Parking Lots by Against Me
Strip Mall Parking Lots
The main riff is an alternating bass note (minor 3rd) on the Am and Dm chords as shown.
Open chords throughout, with a first inversion G chord to create the descending bass
line twice in the chorus: C – G/B – Am/C.
Am Am/C
e|-----0----0------|
B|-----1----1------|
G|-----2----2------|
D|-----2----2------|
A|-----0----3------|
E|-----------------|
Dm Dm/F
e|-----1----1-------|
B|-----3----3-------|
G|-----2----2-------|
D|-----0----3-------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
Chorus bass line:
C G/B Am
e|-------0------------3--------------0--------|
B|-------1------------0--------------1--------|
G|-------0------------0--------------2--------|
D|-------2------------0--------------2--------|
A|-------3------------2--------------0--------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Am
Smoking cigarettes in a strip mall parking lot
Dm
There’s nothing to do around here but hang out
C G
Isn’t that just like everywhere else?
Am
There’s a war veteran standing by the interstate on-ramp
Dm
Yeah, he’s asking for a ride; he’s hoping for a kick down
C G
Anything you can spare to give helps
(chorus)
F C
And as the southwest Florida sun sets
(C) G/B Am
The sky’s painted hues pink and orange
C G/B Am
All directions are calling
G Am
Life is waiting to be ruined
G Am
Life is waiting to be ruined
Am
City cops come down and they bust up the party
Dm
We go to a diner, we drink bitter black coffee
C G
Gas station billboard reads three forty-nine a gallon
Am
We’re coming down from the high, we’re starting to sober up
Dm C
Boys crushing on girls crushing on boys into the southwest Florida morning
G
We are still young
(chorus)
F C
And as the southwest Florida sun sets
(C) G/B Am
The sky’s painted hues pink and orange
C G/B Am
All directions are calling
G Am
Life is waiting to be ruined
G Am
Life is waiting to be ruined
G C G Am
Life is waiting to be ruined
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