Chords to know:           {o = play open string}
E|--2---3---o---o-----|
B|--3---3---2---2-----|
G|--2---o---2---2-----|
D|--o---o---2---o-----|
A|--x---x---o---x-----|
E|--x---3---x---x-----|
    D   G   A   A/D


 [at the very beginning, he plays (xxo23o) and hammers on the open E]

VERSE 1:
 D                        G             A
 When I was younger I was so optimistic
D                     G                  A
Got my records from a mail-order catalog
 D                    G              A
 I'm in and out and I think too much
D                         G            A
No one likes someone that ain't no fun.


CHORUS:
 A       D  G     D          A/D
 But the venue is killing my eardrums,
D               G            D       A
The band that's playing is a bit too much.
 D         G      D  A
 The first band's so optimistic,
D            G            D             A/D         D
We're in the parking lot, everyone's in the parking lot.


VERSE 2:
 D                  G          A
 I saw the room was filling up,
D                 G              A
I didn't think anyone would come.
 D                  G           A
 the second band is wrapping up,
D                   G     A
the night's young I guess, I thought it was dead.


CHORUS:
A           D  G     D          A/D
 'Cause the venue is killing my eardrums,
D               G            D       A
The band that's playing is a bit too much.
 D         G      D  A
 The first band's so optimistic,
D          G            D             A/D         D
I'm in the parking lot, everyone's in the parking lot.


BRIDGE: D,G,A (same strum timing as verse)
 In the parking lot. I'm in the parking lot


ALTERNATE VERSE:
 D               G        A
 Wouldn't want to give up, in a Tulsa parking lot,
D            G          A
everyone just showed up, in a Tulsa parking lot.
 D               G           A
 We don't mean to disrespect, in a Tulsa parking lot.
D             G    A       
Everyone's outside, in a Tulsa parking lot.


CHORUS:
     D  G     D          A/D
 The venue is killing my eardrums,
D               G            D       A
The band that's playing is a bit too much.
 D         G      D  A
 The first band's so optimistic,
D          G            D             A/D         D
I'm in the parking lot, everyone's in the parking lot.