The Grand Optimist Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

C G/B Am C G/B Am

Verse

CI fear I'm G/Bdying of compliAmcations

 CompliCcations due to G/Bthings that I've left uAmndone

 That all my Cdebts will be left G/Bunpaid

 Feel like a Amcripple without a cane

 I'm like a Cjack of all tradG/Bes

 Who's a master of Amnone

Verse 2

CThen there's my G/Bfather

AmHe's always looking on the bright side

 Saying Cthings like "G/Bson life just ain't that hAmard"

 He is the Cgrand optimisG/Bt

 I am the Amworld's poor pessimist

 You give him Cbuttons sometimesG/B

 And he will escape Amunscarred

Pre-Chorus/Chorus:

GI guess I take after my Ammother x2

I used to be quite resilient

Gain no strength from counting the beads on a rosary

Now the wound has begun to turn

Another lesson that has gone unlearned

But this is not a cry for pitty or for sympathy

I guess I take after my mother