City and Colour – The Grand Optimist (Guitar Tab)

[Main Riff]
(Strumming pattern not shown, easy to figure out)
e|----0---0-0----0---0-0----0---0-0----0---0------|
B|----0h1-1-1\---1h3-3-3----0h1-1-1----1---1------|
G|----4---4-4----0---0-0----4---4-4----4---4------|
D|----2---2-2----0---0-0----2---2-2----2---2------|
A|--3-3---3-3----2---2-2--0-0---0-0--0-0---0-2-3--|
E|-------------3-----3-3--------------------------|

(Little riff during refrain between verse 1 & 2)
e|----0---0-0----0------------0---0-0----0---0-----|
B|----0h1-1-1----3----1---3---1---1-1----1---1-----|
G|----4---4-4----0-2/4-4/5----4---4-4----4---4-----|
D|----2---2-2----0------------2---2-2----2---2-----|
A|--3-3---3-3----2----------0-0---0-0--0-0---0-2-3-|
E|-------------3-----------------------------------|

[Verse 1] I fear I'm dying of complications Complications due to things that I've left undone That all my debts will be left unpaid Feel like a crippled without a cane I'm like a jack of all trades Who's a master of none [Verse 2] Then there's my father He's always looking on the bright side Saying things like "son life just ain't that hard" He is the grand optimist I am the world's poor pessimist You give him buttons sometimes And he will escape unscarred [Chorus] Emin7 AmAdd9 I guess I take after my mother [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus] (repeat till end) Emin7 AmAdd9 I guess I take after my mother ************************************ | h Hammer-on | \ Slide down | / Slide up ************************************