Cock-Eyed Optimist chords by Susan Egan

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Asus4
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Gm
F#m
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Em
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Absus4
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Gdim
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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Asus4 
D 
When the sky
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D 
is a bright canary yellow
I forget every cloud I've ever seen
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Gm 
F#m 
So they call me a   cockeyed optimist
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Bm 
Em 
Am 
Im mature and   in
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Asus4 
curably green
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I have heard people rant
and rave and bellow
Em 
That we're dark and we
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Asus4 
might as well be dead
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Gm 
But I'm only a
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Bm 
cockeyed optim ist
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Em 
Asus4 
Em 
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And I can't get it into     my  head
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I hear the human race
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C# 
is falling on its face
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Absus4 
And hasn't very far to        go
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F# 
But every whippoorwill
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C# 
is selling   me a   bill
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C#m 
Em 
And telling me it just  ain't so
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A 
Bm 
A 
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F#m 
Em 
D 
I could say life is just a bowl of jello
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And up here,
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Asus4 
more intelligent and        smart
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Em 
Gdim 
But I'm stuck like a door
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D 
with a thing called hope
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C#m 
Bm 
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And I can't get   it  out    of
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Bm 
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Asus4 
my  heart
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D 
Asus4 
D 
Not this heart
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The sky is a bright canary in love you