The Grand Optimist Chords & Lyrics by City and Colour
The Grand Optimist
guitar chords lyrics
I haven't uploaded any tabs before so this is my first one but it sounds just about spot on.
This song is from Dallas Green's new album and it's absolutely amazing. I'm not entirely
sure about chord names but they're written down there.
Tabbed by: Tom Prest
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Tuning: Standard (Capo 3)
CHORDS:
C Em Am G
e|----0----0----0----0----|
B|----1----3----1----3----|
G|----0----0----2----0----|
D|----2----2----2----0----|
A|----3----2----0----2----|
E|----0----0----0----3----|
Intro: C Em Am C Em Am
Verse:
C Em Am
I fear I'm dying of complications
C Em Am
Complications due to things that I've left undone
C Em
That all my debts will be left unpaid
Am
Feel like a cripple without a cane
C Em
I'm like a jack of all trades
Am
Who's a master of none
Verse 2:
C Em
Then there's my father
Am
He's always looking on the bright side
C Em Am
Saying things like "son life just ain't that hard"
C Em
He is the grand optimist
Am
I am the world's poor pessimist
C Em
You give him buttons sometimes
Am
And he will escape unscarred
Pre-Chorus/Chorus:
G Am
I guess I take after my mother x2
I used to be quite resilient
Gain no strength from counting the beads on a rosary
Now the wound has begun to turn
Another lesson that has gone unlearned
But this is not a cry for pitty or for sympathy
I guess I take after my mother x2
