Chords for Afterlives - "Ever the Optimist"
Tempo:
110.25 bpm
Chords used:
Cm
Eb
C
Ab
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Cm]
Look at you, it fades [Bb] down [Cm] again.
[Ab] as before, you [Cm] know why this happens at this point.
believe.
need eyes to [Bb] back [Cm] up your head to see.
you are, I've always been, never the fool.
Stand up, stand up, stand up, you can be a good [Eb] boy.
stand up, stand up, you can be a good boy.
Look at you, it fades [Bb] down [Cm] again.
[Ab] as before, you [Cm] know why this happens at this point.
believe.
need eyes to [Bb] back [Cm] up your head to see.
you are, I've always been, never the fool.
Stand up, stand up, stand up, you can be a good [Eb] boy.
stand up, stand up, you can be a good boy.
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Cm
Eb
C
Ab
Bb
Cm
Eb
C
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Look at you, it fades [Bb] down [Cm] again.
_ Same [Ab] as before, you [Cm] know why this happens at this point.
There's [Bb] no [Cm] real reason to believe.
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ You don't need eyes to [Bb] back [Cm] up your head to see.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] This is the way you are, I've always been, never the _ fool. _ _ _
Stand up, stand up, stand up, you can be a good [Eb] _ boy.
[Cm] _ Stand up, stand up, stand up, you can be a good boy.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ Just _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ stand still, _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ you [Eb] won't fail _ again.
[Ab] _ You can go, _ _ _ you can get up.
_ [D] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ In your coat of armor you [Bb] alone [Cm] _ _
cultivate.
[Eb] _ The [Cm] land is every fool that hurts from others' hands.
_ _ _ _ You run the water, you soak their feet. _
You fill the [Gm] cups, you make [Cm] them drink. _
This is the way you are, _ _ _ _ _ I've always been, _ _ _ never the leader. _
_ _ _ [C] Constance was leader, _ _ _ Albert [Cm] was leader. _
_ _ _ [C] Constance was [Cm] leader. _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ You don't need [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ eyes _ to back up your head to see.
You won't [Gm] fail _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] again.
You can go, _ _ _ _ _ you can [D] get [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Cm] up.
This is the way _ _ _ [Eb] you are, _ _ _ [C] I've _ [Cm] _ _
always _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ been, [Ab] never the fool. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [E] _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Look at you, it fades [Bb] down [Cm] again.
_ Same [Ab] as before, you [Cm] know why this happens at this point.
There's [Bb] no [Cm] real reason to believe.
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ You don't need eyes to [Bb] back [Cm] up your head to see.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] This is the way you are, I've always been, never the _ fool. _ _ _
Stand up, stand up, stand up, you can be a good [Eb] _ boy.
[Cm] _ Stand up, stand up, stand up, you can be a good boy.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ Just _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ stand still, _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ you [Eb] won't fail _ again.
[Ab] _ You can go, _ _ _ you can get up.
_ [D] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ In your coat of armor you [Bb] alone [Cm] _ _
cultivate.
[Eb] _ The [Cm] land is every fool that hurts from others' hands.
_ _ _ _ You run the water, you soak their feet. _
You fill the [Gm] cups, you make [Cm] them drink. _
This is the way you are, _ _ _ _ _ I've always been, _ _ _ never the leader. _
_ _ _ [C] Constance was leader, _ _ _ Albert [Cm] was leader. _
_ _ _ [C] Constance was [Cm] leader. _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ You don't need [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ eyes _ to back up your head to see.
You won't [Gm] fail _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] again.
You can go, _ _ _ _ _ you can [D] get [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Cm] up.
This is the way _ _ _ [Eb] you are, _ _ _ [C] I've _ [Cm] _ _
always _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ been, [Ab] never the fool. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [E] _ _ _ [N] _