Talking Optimist Blues Good Day Today chords by Neil Diamond

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Talking Optimist Blues (Good Day Today)

Intro:
D

Verse 1:
                          A
 I got worries by the ton, gettin' cancer's only one
D                       G
 Overtaxed and alimonied, tired of eatin' fried baloney
D                              A
 I got burdens on my shoulders, dying young or growin' older,
D

 There's some brain cells that I'm missin'
G                               A
 But despite it all, I'd like to say

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

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

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

Break:
 D A G A D

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

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

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