Chords for City and Colour - The Grand Optimist (Official Audio)

[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] I _ _
[D] _ fear [A] I'll die [Bm] from complications, _ _
[D] complications due to [A] things that I've [Bm] left undone. _
[D] That all my debts will be [A] left unpaid, [Bm] feel like a cripple without a cane.
[D] I'm like a [F#] jack of all [A] trades, who's a [Bm] master of none. _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ _
[D] Then there's my father, [A] he's always [Bm] looking on the bright side.
[D] Saying [F#] things [A] like, son life just [Bm] ain't that hard. _
[D] He is the [F#] grand [A] optimist, [B] I am the world's poor pessimist.
[D] You give him burdens [A] sometimes, and he will [Bm] escape unscathed.
[B] I _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ guess I'll [Bm] take after my mother, I _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ guess I'll [Bm] take after my mother. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [A] But I used to be [E] quite [Bm] resilient, _ [D] gained no strength from [A] counting the beads on [Bm] a rosary. _
[D] And now the wound has [A] begun to turn, [Bm] another lesson that has gone unlearned.
[D] But this is not a cry for [A] pity or [B] for sympathy. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ I guess I'll [Bm] take after my mother, _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ I guess I'll [Bm] take after my mother.
I _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ guess [Bm] I'll take after my mother, _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ I guess I'll [Bm] take after my mother.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _