The Grand Optimist chords by
City And Colour

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Key: B minor

Intro 1

C

G

Am

Am

G

C

G

Am

Am

G

Verse 1
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G G 
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Am Am 
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I fear I'm dying from complications
G G 
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C C 
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Complications due to things
Am Am 
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that I've left undone
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C C 
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That all my debts will be left unpaid
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Feel like a cripple without a cane
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C C 
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G G 
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I'm like a jack of all trades
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G G 
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Who's a master of none

Interlude 1

C

G

Am

Am

G

C

G

Am

Am

G

Then there's my

Verse 2
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G G 
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father
Am Am 
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He's always looking on the bright side
G G 
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C C 
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Sayin' things like
G G 
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Am Am 
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"Son, life just ain't that hard"
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C C 
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G G 
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He is the grand optimist
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I am the world's poor pessimist
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C C 
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You give him burdensome times
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Am Am 
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G G 
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And he will escape unscarred

Chorus 1

G

Am

I guess I take after my mother

G

Am

G

I guess I take after my mother

Solo 1

C

G

Am

Am

G

C

G

Am

Am

G

Verse 3
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G G 
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Am Am 
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I used to be quite resilient
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C C 
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G G 
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Gain no strength from counting the beads
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on a rosary
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C C 
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G G 
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And now the wound has begun to turn
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Another lesson that has gone unlearned
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C C 
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G G 
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But this is not a cry for pity
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G G 
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or for sympathy

Chorus 2

G

Am

I guess I take after my mother

G

Am

I guess I take after my mother

G

Am

I guess I take after my mother

G

Am

I guess I take after my mother

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