The Grand Optimist

[Intro]  C  Em  Am  C  Em  Am

C          Em             Am
I fear I'm dying of complications 

      C              Em                    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               Em
I'm like a jack of all trades 

                  Am
Who's a master of none 

C               Em
Then there's my father 

Am
He's always looking on the bright side 

       C            Em                       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                Em
You give him buttons sometimes 

                   Am
And he will escape unscarred 

G                       Am
I guess I take after my mother    


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 

I guess I take after my mother