The Grand Optimist

The Grand Optimist easy guitar chords by City And Colour

2011Folk
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Fret 2

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    fear 
    I'm 
    dying 
    from 
    com
    pli
    cations 

    Com
    pli
    cations 
    due 
    to 
    things 

    that 
    I've 
    left 
    un
    done 

    That 
    all 
    my 
    debts 
    will 
    be 
    left 
    un
    paid 

    Feel 
    like 
    cripple 
    without 
    cane 

    I'm 
    like 
    jack 
    of 
    all 
    trades 

    Who's 
    master 
    of 
    none 

    Interlude 1


    Then 
    there's 
    my 
    Verse 2
    father 

    He's 
    always 
    looking 
    on 
    the 
    bright 
    side 

    Say
    in' 
    things 
    like 

    "Son, 
    life 
    just 
    ain't 
    that 
    hard" 

    He 
    is 
    the 
    grand 
    opti
    mist 

    am 
    the 
    world's 
    poor 
    pessimist 

    You 
    give 
    him 
    burdensome 
    times 

    And 
    he 
    will 
    escape 
    un
    scarred 

    Chorus 1
    guess 
    take 
    after 
    my 
    mother 

    guess 
    take 
    after 
    my 
    mother 

    Solo 1


    Verse 3
    used 
    to 
    be 
    quite 
    re
    silient 

    Gain 
    no 
    strength 
    from 
    counting 
    the 
    beads 

    on 
    rosa
    ry 

    And 
    now 
    the 
    wound 
    has 
    begun 
    to 
    turn 

    Another 
    lesson 
    that 
    has 
    gone 
    unlearned 

    But 
    this 
    is 
    not 
    cry 
    for 
    pity 

    or 
    for 
    sympa
    thy 

    Chorus 2
    guess 
    take 
    after 
    my 
    mother 

    guess 
    take 
    after 
    my 
    mother 

    guess 
    take 
    after 
    my 
    mother 

    guess 
    take 
    after 
    my 
    mother 

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