Woodbox Gang – The Optimist (Ukulele)

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Band: Woodbox Gang Album: White Trash Voodoo CHORUS
E                    Am                D     C      E
I live each day like it's my last and I think today will be

E                    Am           D    C     E
But that is just the optimist that lies inside of me
VERSE 1
F                           Am                                        
Daddy he got drafted by the will of Uncle Sam

F                                       Am
By the hand of God and the Vietcong he died in Vietnam

F                                    Am
Mother couldn't raise three kids but she could raise her hand

F                              C                 B7
Every night my brother's and my sister's hides got tanned
VERSE 2 Daddy's little soldier girl is in Afghanistan Me I wander 'round this country wondering who the hell I am They said my brother was different but I didn't give a damn He got married in Frisco and got murdered in Alabam'