Talking Optimist Blues Good Day Today chords by Neil Diamond

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Talking Optimist Blues (Good Day Today)

Intro:
D MajorD

Verse 1:
             A augmentedA
 I got worries by the ton, gettin' cancer's only one
D MajorD            G+G
 Overtaxed and alimonied, tired of eatin' fried baloney
D MajorD               A augmentedA
 I got burdens on my shoulders, dying young or growin' older,
D MajorD
 There's some brain cells that I'm missin'
G+G                A augmentedA
 But despite it all, I'd like to say

Chorus:
         D MajorD
 I'm gonna have a good day today
       A augmentedA
 Gonna have a good time anyway
       G+G          A augmentedA
 Put it all behind me, lay it all away
      D MajorD
 Gonna be a good day today

Verse 2:
D MajorD                 A augmentedA
 Bills and pills and former wives, past mistakes and former lives
D MajorD             G+G
 Bank account is overdrawn, out of Prozac, hairline's gone
D MajorD             A augmentedA
 Hearing voices in my head, say I should've stayed in bed
D MajorD                 G+G              A augmentedA
 Dog just died, but what the heck, nothing worse can happen anyway

Chorus:
           D MajorD
 So,, I'm gonna have a good day today
           A augmentedA
 Me, I'm gonna have a good time anyway
       G+G          A augmentedA
 Put it all behind me, lay it all away
      D MajorD
 Gonna be a good day today

Break:
 D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse 3:
D MajorD                 A augmentedA
 Pulled my back and wrecked my car, girlfriend stole my VCR
D MajorD                G+G
 Letter came from Sixty Minutes, say they wanna put me in it
D MajorD              A augmentedA
 Tell me my career just died, years ago I might've cried
D MajorD               G+G               A augmentedA
 Now I'm just too old to do it, may be true, but screw it anyway

Chorus:
           D MajorD
 Me, I'm gonna have a good day today
           A augmentedA
 And I'm gonna have a good time anyway
       G+G          A augmentedA
 Put it all behind me, lay it all away
      D MajorD
 Gonna be a good day today

Outro:
           D MajorD
 Hey, I'm gonna have a good day today
           A augmentedA
 Me, I'm gonna have a good time anyway
       G+G          A augmentedA
 Put it all behind me, lay it all away
      D MajorD
 Gonna be a good day today