The Grand Optimist

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[Intro:]
 C Em Am C Em Am


[Verse]

C          G             Am
I fear I'm dying of complications
      C              G                    Am
Complications due to things that I've left undone
            C                  Em
That all my debts will be left unpaid
            Am
Feel like a cripple without a cane
           C               G
I'm like a jack of all trades
                  Am
Who's a master of none


[Verse]

C               G
Then there's my father
Am
He's always looking on the bright side
       C            G                        Am
Saying things like "son life just ain't that hard"
          C            Em
He is the grand optimist
         Am
I am the world's poor pessimist
             C                G
You give him buttons sometimes
                   Am
And he will escape unscarred


[Pre-Chorus/Chorus:]

G                       Am
I guess I take after my mother    x2


I used to be quite resilient
Gain no strength from counting the beads on a rosary
Now the wound has begun to turn
Another lesson that has gone unlearned
But this is not a cry for pitty or for sympathy