For A Pessimist I'm Pretty Optimistic Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Key: F♯

Chords used:

C♯/F - 143xxx

Intro

Guitar 1: B-F♯-D♯m-C♯-B-F♯-C♯ (x2)

Verse 1

F♯ Just talk yourself up And tear yourself downB

F♯ You've hit your one wall Now find a way aroundB

F# G#m Ebm--C#

Well what's the problem? You've got a lot of nerve

Refrain

So D♯mwhat'd you think I would A♯msay?

No you can't run aBway, no you can't run aC♯way

So D♯mwhat did you think I would C♯sayF?

No you can't run aF♯way, no you can't run aG♯mway

You wouldn't

Chorus

B I never C♯wanted to D♯msay this

B You never F♯wanted to sC♯tay

B I put my C♯faith in you, D♯mso much faith

And then Byou just C♯threw it aF♯way C♯

(Repeat Intro once only)

You threw it away

Verse 2

F♯ I'm not so naive My sorry eyes can seeB

F♯ The way you fly shy Of almost everythingB

F# G#m Ebm--C#--

Well, if you give up You'll get what you deserve

(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)

Bridge

Bass lines

You were finished long before

We had even seen the start

Why don't you stand up, be a man about it?

Fight with your bare hands about it F♯now

Guitar 2: at "Why don't you stop...", your

fingers must be VERY FAST in this part

Josh Farro did a SEMI SWEEPING here,

it's difficult at first but once you

master this part, it's easy as 1,2,3.

Outro

B I never F♯wanted to D♯msay thisC♯

B You never F♯wanted to sC♯tay

B I put my C♯faith in you, D♯mso much faith

And then Byou just C♯threw it aF♯way

B I never C♯wanted to D♯msay this

B You never F♯wanted to sC♯tay

B I put my C♯faith in you, D♯mso much faith

And then Byou just C♯threw it aF♯way

Ebm(hold)--C#(hold)