The Great Optimist chords by Paul Dempsey
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Intro 1
(D major) (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major) (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major)
Verse 1
Y'know you did everything right (F sharp minor)
(A major) (D major)
Tried to be dependable (F sharp minor) everytime,
(A major) So (E minor) it's hard - to understand (G major) why
You're the one who should (E minor) find
- it harder (F sharp minor) to sleep (D major) at night
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Verse 2
And get needled by the thought (F sharp minor)
(A major) (D major)
That you may have been
mistaken (F sharp minor) all along,
(A major) While you (E minor) wait - wait and wait for a call (G major)
But the phone it doesn't (D major) cry (E minor) from it's (D major)
cradle (F sharp minor) (G major) (D major) (A major) at all
Interlude 1
(G major) (A major) (G major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 3
It would (D major) be something (G major) if (B minor)
If some (D major) how (B minor) (F sharp major) after this
You could (E minor) still call (B minor) your
self (G minor) - the great optim (G major) ist
So (D major) (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major) you find somewhere
to be (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major)
Where you don't feel you're
caught (F sharp minor) between
(A major) And where you (E minor) won't get crushed
by the counter (G major) weight
That's gonna buckle under (E minor) the strain
of all your (F sharp minor) disbe (D major) lief
And light comes through
the leaves (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major)
Like bandits shooting at (A major) your feet
And indeed, (E minor)
there's honour among (D major) thieves (G major)
And the good guys (D major) always win (E minor) (D major) the (G major)
(A major) day (G major) (A major) eventu (G major) ally
(A major) (D major) (A major)
Verse 4
(D major)
It would be something (G major) if (D major) (G major) (B minor)
If some (D major) how (B minor) (F sharp major) after this (F sharp minor)
(E minor) (B minor) (G minor) (D major) (G major)
(B minor) (F sharp major)
You could (E minor) still call (B minor) yourself
(G minor) - the great optimist
Outro 1
(G minor)
The Great Optimist
Paul Dempsey
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