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The Grand Optimist chords by City and Colour (Official Version)

  • Cmaj7

  • G/B

  • Am

  • C/B

  • G

Intro 1
Cmaj7
G/B
Am
Am
C/B
Cmaj7
G/B
Am
Am
C/B
Verse 1
Cmaj7
G/B
Am
I fear I'm dying from complications
C/B
Cmaj7
G/B
Com plications due to things
Am
that I've left undone
C/B
Cmaj7
G/B
That all my debts will be left unpaid
Am
Feel like a cripple without a cane
C/B
Cmaj7
G/B
I'm like a jack of all trades
Am
C/B
Who's a master of none

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Interlude 1
Cmaj7
G/B
Am
Am
C/B
Cmaj7
G/B
Am
Am
C/B
Then there's my
Verse 2
Cmaj7
G/B
father
Am
He's always looking on the bright side
C/B
Cmaj7
Sayin' things like
G/B
Am
"Son, life just ain't that hard"
C/B
Cmaj7
G/B
He is the grand optimist
Am
I am the world's poor pessimist
C/B
Cmaj7
You give him burdensome times
G/B
Am
C/B
And he will escape unscarred
Chorus 1
G
Am
I guess I take after my mother
G
Am
C/B
I guess I take after my mother
Solo 1
Cmaj7
G/B
Am
Am
C/B
Cmaj7
G/B
Am
Am
C/B
Verse 3
Cmaj7
G/B
Am
I used to be quite resilient
C/B
Cmaj7
G/B
Gain no strength from counting the beads
Am
on a rosary
C/B
Cmaj7
G/B
And now the wound has begun to turn
Am
Another lesson that has gone unlearned
C/B
Cmaj7
G/B
But this is not a cry for pity
Am
C/B
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
2011Folk
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