Recovering Optimist chords by Abigayle Kompst

♫ Intro:

B  B#m/Fm  G#m  B
Cm  Cm/Bm  B/B  B


♫ Verse:
B        B#m/Fm
I'm not quite a pessimist
G#m   B
I see it as it is and
Cm       Cm/Bm  B/B
After the year we had
        B
Sorry I'm a little sad

♫ Verse:
    B      B#m/Fm
There's bad and good in this world
G#m     B
I was taught as a girl
Cm       Cm/Bm
Find a silver lining
     B/B   B
You'll be fine


♫ Bridge:
     F
Well when you only count blue skies
     B      B
There's a lot that you miss
  F
So here's some advice from
  B      B
a recovering optimist


♫ Chorus:
 B    B#m/Fm    G#m     B
Expect the worst and be glad when it goes right
Cm       Cm/Bm       B/B       B
Smile when the sun' is bright but don't blind yourself
     B      B#m/Fm   G#m      B
Cause the light is appealing but if you're not healing
       Cm  Cm/Bm  B/B
What's in the dark,
  B       B
you won't get too far


♫ Interlude:
B  B#m/Fm  G#m  B
Cm  Cm/Bm  B/B


♫ Verse:
B      B        B#m/Fm
Tried to be happy with some time alone
    G#m     B
Getting in our heads inside our homes
Cm       Cm/Bm
birthdays and wedding dates
B/B      B
Temporarily postponed


♫ Verse:
B      B#m/Fm
And if I remember right
   G#m         B
This should be the time of our lives
   Cm        Cm/Bm
To be young and in your 20s
     B/B       B
Should be fun but I feel empty
  G
And scared for everybody


♫ Chorus:
N.C. B    B#m/Fm    G#m     B
So, Expect the worst and be glad when it goes right
Cm       Cm/Bm       B/B       B
Smile when the sun' is bright but don't blind yourself
     B      B#m/Fm   G#m      B
Cause the light is appealing but if you're not healing
       Cm  Cm/Bm  B/B
What's in the dark,
  B       B
you won't get too far


♫ Outro:
B#m/Fm  G#m  B
     La
Cm  Cm/Bm  B/B  B
La      Mhmm
   B     B#m/Fm  G#m    B
La La La. La La La. La La La. La La La
Cm    Cm/Bm   B/B  B
La. La La La. La La La
   B     B#m/Fm  G#m    B
La La La. La La La. La La La. La La La
Cm    Cm/Bm   B/B  B
La. La La La. La La La

B  B#m/Fm  G#m  B
Cm  Cm/Bm  B/B  B