The Grand Optimist chords by City And Colour

City And Colour - The Grand Optimist

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