A Cockeyed Optimist chords by Margaret Whiting
Verse 1
Em
C
When the sky is a
Am
bright canary yellow
Gm
D
Gm
I forget every cloud I've ever seen
C
F
B
G
So they call me a cockeyed optimist
Am
Dm
Gm
Immature and incurably green
Bb
C
I have
Verse 2
G
heard people rant
E
Am
and rave and bellow
Gm
That we're done and we
C
might as well be dead
F
B
C
Am
But I'm only a cockeyed optimist
Dm
And I can't get it into
G
C
Gsus4
my head
Am
I hear
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Verse 3
Em
the human race
A
Is falling on its face
G
C
And hasn't very far to go
Am
E
But every whippoorwill
A
Is selling me a bill
Dsus4
G
And telling me it just ain't so
Verse 4
C
E
Am
I could say life is just a bowl of Jello
Gm
And appear more intelligent and smart
C
F
E
But I'm stuck like a dope
Am
D
With a thing called hope
G
Gm
And I can't get it out of
Bb
Gm
D
my heart
Dm
Not this heart
Interlude 1
C
Am
C
Em
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Em
C
Em
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B
E
A
C
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Dsus4
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Gsus4
G
Verse 5
C
Em
I could say life is just a bowl of Jello
Asus4
Gm
And appear more intelligent and smart
C
But I'm stuck like a dope
Am
A
Am
D
With a thing called hope
G
Gm
G
F
Gm
And I can't get it out of my heart
Bbdim
A
Dm
A
Dm
F
Fm
Em
C
Am
F
Am
Not this
A
Dm
D
A
D
G
heart
A Cockeyed Optimist
Margaret Whiting
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