Hospital Parking Chords by Stephanie Lambring

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When ya gonna 

get that phone call?
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You don't get to choose
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Could be having a burger and 
                        E
a beer on a Monday afternoon
 
             A
Then you're packing 

a bag in a hurried haze
 D
Glad you went 

home for Mother's Day
          A
Thinking maybe you 

should pack a black dress
                  E
But you're too afraid
 
 
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Every mile on 65 that 
     F#m
you don't get a phone call
       D
She's stil alive
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'Cause no news is good news
    F#m                        
Or would they even tell 
                  D
you when you're driving?
 
 
     A
You wonder if you're 

dad'll move on too quick
 D
You wonder how 

you'll handle it
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She always said 
             E
he can't be alone
 
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What will you say 

if it's her time to go?
      D
Say "see you in Heaven," 

when you don't know
A                              
Do you just tell her you're 
             E
gonna get right with Jesus?
 
 
           E
You get a pink sticker 

with today's date
       F#m          
Sail a sea of curtains 
    D
and it's too late
 A              E/G#   
Come around the corner 
    F#m
and wouldn't you know it
       D
She's smiling
 
 
        A
Little window to the world 

in the room next to hers
 D
Strange kinda comfort when 

somebody's doing worse
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Eighty-something mother saying 
                                 E
something she should never have to say
 
To her son
 
      A
Step out for a minute 

to get some air
 D
Breathe in someone 

else's nightmare
 A                         
Relatively speaking, 
                      E
you're having a damn good day
 
 
                    D
Someone's singing "Hey Jude"
                    F#m
Hoping someone will come to
                     A   
Someone's praying, 
                  E
'Jesus sana a mi hijo"
 
                   D
Someone's holding rainbow balloons
          F#m
Hoping to hold off the truth
                   A
Someone's getting good news
                       E
Someone's never going home
 
 
 A
Doctors say 

she's gonna be okay
        D
So you save that 

calll for another day
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Walk down the world's longest hallway
E
To your car
 
          A
You pass red faces 

and tissues and tears
 D
New grandparents 

grinning ear to ear
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You never know what 

you're gonna get here
 E
Who's to say
 
 
 D
Might be the end
 E
Might just be starting
     D
You still gotta pay
              A
For hospital parking

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