The Grand Optimist City and Colour
I had just noticed that the other tabs were just a wee bit off.
So I made it correct as possible. This is derived from watching him play the song in
several versions, but predominantly this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0XCA9_6lIA&feature=related
Standard tuning
Capo 2
For the C and the Am, he throws his pinky onto the fourth fret of the G string.
Cmaj7 - x32410
AmAdd9 - x02410
And he specifically does the C to Am walk down, so he uses the G/B
G/B - X20030
Intro: C G/B Am C G/B Am
Verse:
[C]I fear I'm [G/B]dying of compli[Am]cations
Compli[C]cations due to [G/B]things that I've left u[Am]ndone
That all my [C]debts will be left [G/B]unpaid
Feel like a [Am]cripple without a cane
I'm like a [C]jack of all trad[G/B]es
Who's a master of [Am]none
Intro twice, on the second time he throws in
a little riff. Dallas plays it that way.
e|----0---0-0----0------------0---0-0----0---0-----| B|----0h1-1-1----3------------1---1-1----1---1-----| G|----4---4-4----0-----5---7--4---4-4----4---4-----| D|----2---2-2----0--5/7-7/9---2---2-2----2---2-----| A|--3-3---3-3----2------------0---0-0--0-0---0-2-3-| E|-------------3-----------------------------------|
Verse 2:
[C]Then there's my [G/B]father
[Am]He's always looking on the bright side
Saying [C]things like "[G/B]son life just ain't that h[Am]ard"
He is the [C]grand optimis[G/B]t
I am the [Am]world's poor pessimist
You give him [C]buttons sometimes[G/B]
And he will escape [Am]unscarred
Pre-Chorus/Chorus:
[G]I guess I take after my [Am]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
I guess I take after my mother
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