In 2013 Sara Bareilles wrote a moderately fast song called Parking Lot.
“'Parking Lot' is a decidedly dark departure from the rest of the Blessed Unrest collection, as we hear Sara Bareilles sing directly to herself in a moment of frustration and desperation. The album’s recurring theme of battling creative and emotional immobility is fully present here, as Bareilles likens her current state to being stuck in a parking lot, wasting her resources without any sign of progress."
Lately, I've met some young people who have learned how to get out of the pit that they once were in. This song came to my mind. Are you familiar with this one?
Key: G
Tempo: 4/4
Parking Lot (Chords and Lyrics)
Em C G G/B C G C Verse 1
G6 Bm/F# Em C It's a feeling G G/B My hands and feet held to the floor C Like I'm kneeling G C Crawl straight to G6 Bm/F# Where fate sent you Em C G G/B Holding down the only solid ground C G C C Bm/F# Em I could find cause I don't want to try the other kind C G G/B C I don't have it yet a good sense of knowing when G C G6 Bm/F# Em What I do should be immediate Em C G G/B C But all this waiting for a sign from the other side G C For gosh sake this is G5 F#5 Em Em C G G/B Just a timeline C G C G5 F#5 Em Just a timeline Verse 2 Em C G G/B C Yeah Sara stop it pick out your paralysis and unlock it G C G5 F#5 Em And flex the fear till it builds you a rocket Em C And rise and if you fall G G/B C G C At least you end up between where you will be G5 F#5 Em Em C G G/B And where you will have been C G C G5 F#5 Yeah Chorus
Cmaj7 C Cadd2 Bm/F# G I can't keep paying for the same spot in the parking lot G Can't stay here no not anymore G Can't stay here no not anymore Cmaj7 C Cadd2 Bm/F# G Oh I just keep paying for the same spot in the parking lot G Can't stay here no not anymore G Can't stay here no not anymore Break
Em C G G/B C Ooh Oh Oh Oh Ooh Wuh-Uh Oh G C G5 F#5 Em Ooh Oh Oh Oh Ooh Wuh-Uh Oh Verse 3 Em C Wish I was lying G G/B C My worry circles my brain like it's dying G C G5 F#5 Em And that redhead vulture is well fed Em C G G/B C But what that mutiny used to be is no use to me now G C G5 F#5 Em Em C Tell me how it all turns out G G/B C G C G5 F#5 Cause I'm not sticking around Chorus
Cmaj7 C Cadd2 Bm/F# G I can't keep paying for the same spot in the parking lot G Can't stay here no not anymore G Can't stay here no not anymore Cmaj7 C Cadd2 Bm/F# G Oh I just keep paying for the same spot in the parking lot G Can't stay here no not anymore G Can't stay here no not anymore Break
Em C G G/B C Ooh Oh Oh Oh Ooh Wuh-Uh Oh G C G5 F#5 Em Ooh Oh Oh Oh Ooh Wuh-Uh Oh Bridge
C Can't breathe in the parking lot C Give me divine dissatisfaction C Give me the heart unsettled soul C Give me emotion into action C Cause I can't take this Outro
Em C Anymore G G/B C G C Can't breathe in the parking lot (Ooh Oh Oh Oh Ooh Wuh-Uh Oh) G5 F#5 Em Em Not anymore (Ooh Oh Oh Oh Ooh Wuh-Uh Oh) C G G/B C Can't breathe in the parking lot (Ooh Oh Oh Oh Ooh Wuh-Uh Oh) G C G5 F#5 Em Ooh Oh Oh Oh Ooh Wuh-Uh Oh
Hear and Play offers a wonderful learning resource, Advanced Guitar 301.
Currently, I'm reading Beth Moore's Get Out Of That Pit. It reminds me of the song.
You may be interested in playing some other songs by Sara:
Brave
Little Black Dress
All the best,
"Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life." -- Art Blakey
