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The Grand Optimist by City And Colour

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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