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