The Grand Optimist chords by City and Colour (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(C minoraj7) (G/B) (A minor) (A minor) (C/B)
(C minoraj7) (G/B) (A minor) (A minor) (C/B)
Verse 1
(C minoraj7) I fear (G/B) I'm dying from compli (A minor) cations
(C/B) Com pli (C minoraj7) cations due to things (G/B)
that I've left undone (A minor)
That (C/B) all my (C minoraj7) debts will be left unpaid (G/B)
Feel like a (A minor) cripple without a cane
I'm (C/B) like a (C minoraj7) jack of all trades (G/B)
Who's a master of none (A minor) (C/B)
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Interlude 1
(C minoraj7) (G/B) (A minor) (A minor) (C/B)
(C minoraj7) (G/B) (A minor) (A minor)
Then (C/B) there's my
Verse 2
(C minoraj7) father (G/B)
He's always looking on the (A minor) bright side
Say (C/B) in' things (C minoraj7) like
"Son, (G/B) life just ain't that hard" (A minor)
He (C/B) is the (C minoraj7) grand opti (G/B) mist
I am the (A minor) world's poor pessimist
You (C/B) give him (C minoraj7) burdensome times
And (G/B) he will escape un (A minor) scarred (C/B)
Chorus 1
(G major) I guess I take after my (A minor) mother
(G major) I guess I take after my (A minor) mother (C/B)
Solo 1
(C minoraj7) (G/B) (A minor) (A minor) (C/B)
(C minoraj7) (G/B) (A minor) (A minor) (C/B)
Verse 3
(C minoraj7) I used to (G/B) be quite re (A minor) silient
Gain (C/B) no (C minoraj7) strength from counting the (G/B) beads
on a rosa (A minor) ry
And (C/B) now the (C minoraj7) wound has begun to (G/B) turn
Another (A minor) lesson that has gone unlearned
But (C/B) this is (C minoraj7) not a cry for (G/B) pity
or for sympa (A minor) thy (C/B)
Chorus 2
(G major) I guess I take after my (A minor) mother
(G major) I guess I take after my (A minor) mother
(G major) I guess I take after my (A minor) mother
(G major) I guess I take after my (A minor) mother
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