The Grand Optimist by City And Colour
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City and Colour - The Grand Optimist (Little Hell)
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Heres how I play this on my acoustic. Not put all the riffs down but they are
quite easy to work out from this tab, mostly hammer on's and pull off's
during the G chord on the B string.
Capo on 2nd Fret
Tabbed by Yas
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Chords:
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Cmaj7 - x32410
G - 320030
AmAdd9 - x02410
Emin7 - 025430
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Main Riff:
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(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-----------------------------------|
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Verse 1:
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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
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Verse 2:
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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
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Chorus:
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Emin7 AmAdd9
I guess I take after my mother
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Verse 3:
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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
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Chorus: (repeat till end)
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Emin7 AmAdd9
I guess I take after my mother
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End - Comments Welcome
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