The Lot Behind St Marys chords by Lori McKenna

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:

G+G  D MajorD  C majorC    x 2


Verse 1:
G+G       D MajorD         C majorC
We wanted to know when we'd be free
   G+G           D MajorD          C majorC
What life looked like on the other side of that sanctuary
G+G       D MajorD          C majorC
Believin' somehow we'd make them proud
       G+G         D MajorD         C majorC         G+G  D MajorD  C majorC
Knowin' the sins they made and figuring we could stay on common ground

Verse 2:
G+G      D MajorD         C majorC
Cigarette smoke in an August sky
        G+G      D MajorD         C majorC
Drinkin' the beers you convinced your older brother to buy
G+G       D MajorD       C majorC
We hadn't make any of our mistakes
   G+G          D MajorD        C majorC
Our world was in the cradle but innocence wasn't in the grave


Chorus 1:
E minorEm   D MajorD        C majorC    G+G
And I know we can't go back in time
      E minorEm        D MajorD         C majorC
But every now and then you look at me and I know you wonder why
       G+G        D MajorD       C majorC
We can't get back to when September was our only adversary
         D MajorD   G+G D MajorD C majorC  G+G  D MajorD  C majorC
In the lot behind St. Mary's


Verse 3:
G+G        D MajorD         C majorC
Well I thought I'd be all you'd need
      G+G        D MajorD        C majorC
But your heart was in the dark and mine was in the weeds
   G+G           D MajorD         C majorC
I'm sure the dreamer who built the first trapeze
     G+G           D MajorD    C majorC
Fell in love with someone who grew to resent the goddamn thing

Chorus 2:
E minorEm   D MajorD        C majorC    G+G
And I know we can't go back in time
      E minorEm        D MajorD      C majorC
But every now and then you look at me as if to wonder why
       G+G          D MajorD        C majorC
We can't get back to the love we made before our teenage dreams were buried
         D MajorD   G+G D MajorD C majorC
In the lot behind St. Mary's
   G+G D MajorD C majorC
St. Mary's


Instrumental:

G+G  D MajorD  C majorC    x 2


Verse 4:
G+G       D MajorD         C majorC
A augmentedA nightlight glowed in the rectory
  G+G         D MajorD        C majorC
We told ourselves the pastor must be sound asleep
       G+G        D MajorD       C majorC
But now we're old enough to know he never slept
     G+G        D MajorD        C majorC
And that God's love is almighty, but our love is just bones and flesh


Chorus 3:
E minorEm   D MajorD        C majorC    G+G
And I know we can't go back in time
      E minorEm        D MajorD          C majorC
But every now and then you reach for me and I close my eyes and try
    G+G      D MajorD        C majorC
To get back to that summer and the blue jeans we were wearin'
         D MajorD   G+G D MajorD C majorC
In the lot behind St. Mary's
   G+G D MajorD C majorC
St. Mary's


Outro:

G+G  D MajorD  C majorC    x 2