The Grand Optimist Chords by City And Colour

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