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] _ .
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_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ .