The Grand Optimist Chords by City And Colour

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