The Grand Optimist

G/B      - X20030


[Intro]

C G/B Am C G/B Am


[Verse]

C          G/B            Am
I fear I'm dying of complications
      C              G/B                    Am
Complications due to things that I've left undone
            C                  G/B
That all my debts will be left unpaid
            Am
Feel like a cripple without a cane
           C               G/B
I'm like a jack of all trades
                  Am
Who's a master of none


[Instrumental]

C G/B Am C G/B Am
C G/B Am C G/B Am

Intro twice, on the second time he throws in
a little riff. Dallas plays it that way.
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D|----2---2-2----0--5/7-7/9---2---2-2----2---2-----| 
A|--3-3---3-3----2------------0---0-0--0-0---0-2-3-| 
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[Verse 2]

C               G/B
Then there's my father
Am
He's always looking on the bright side
       C            G/B                       Am
Saying things like "son life just ain't that hard"
          C            G/B
He is the grand optimist
         Am
I am the world's poor pessimist
             C                G/B
You give him burdens sometimes
                   Am
And he will escape unscarred


[Pre-Chorus/Chorus]

G                       Am
I guess I take after my mother
G                       Am
I guess I take after my mother

C         G/B        Am
I used to be quite resilient
       C            G/B                       Am
Gain no strength from counting the beads on a rosary
          C            G/B
Now the wound has begun to turn
         Am
Another lesson that has gone unlearned
             C                G/B       Am
But this is not a cry for pitty or for sympathy

G                       Am
I guess I take after my mother