The Great Optimist
The Great Optimist

The Great Optimist easy guitar chords by Paul Dempsey

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  • F#m

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Y'know you 
    did 
    everything 
    right 


    Tried to 
    be 
    dependable 
    everytime, 

    So 
    it's hard 
    - to 
    understand 
    why 

    You're the 
    one 
    who 
    should 
    find 

    - it harder 
    to sleep 
    at night 

    Verse 2
    And get 
    needled 
    by 
    the 
    thought 


    That you 
    may 
    have been 

    mistaken 
    all 
    along, 

    While 
    you 
    wait 
    - wait 
    and wait 
    for 
    a call 

    But 
    the phone 
    it 
    doesn't 
    cry 
    from 
    it's 

    cradle 
    at 
    all 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 3
    It 
    would 
    be 
    something 
    if 

    If 
    some
    how 
    after 
    this 

    You 
    could 
    still 
    call 
    your

    self 
    - the 
    great 
    optim
    ist 

    So 
    you 
    find 
    somewhere 

    to be 

    Where 
    you don't 
    feel 
    you're 

    caught 
    between 

    And where 
    you 
    won't 
    get 
    crushed 

    by 
    the 
    counter
    weight 

    That's 
    gonna 
    buckle 
    under 
    the strain 

    of all 
    your 
    disbe
    lief 

    And light 
    comes 
    through 

    the leaves 

    Like 
    bandits 
    shooting 
    at 
    your 
    feet 

    And 
    in
    deed, 

    there's 
    honour 
    among 
    thieves 

    And 
    the good 
    guys 
    always 
    win 
    the 

    day 
    eventu
    ally 

    Verse 4

    It 
    would 
    be 
    something 
    if 

    If 
    some
    how 
    after 
    this 



    You 
    could 
    still 
    call 
    yourself 

    - the 
    great 
    optimist 

    Outro 1

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