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The Grand Optimist by City and Colour - Guitar Chords

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            I haven't uploaded any tabs before so this is my first one but it sounds just about spot on. 
This song is from Dallas Green's new album and it's absolutely amazing. I'm not entirely 
sure about chord names but they're written down there.

Tabbed by: Tom Prest
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Tuning: Standard (Capo 3)

CHORDS:

      C    Em   Am   G
   
e|----0----0----0----0----|
B|----1----3----1----3----|
G|----0----0----2----0----|
D|----2----2----2----0----|
A|----3----2----0----2----|
E|----0----0----0----3----|


[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

I guess I take after my mother    x2

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