Band: Woodbox Gang
Album: White Trash Voodoo

The Optimist

CHORUS
E (022100@1)                  Am (x02210@1)              D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)    EI (022100@1)live each day like it's my last and I think today will be
E (022100@1)                  Am (x02210@1)         D (xx0232@1)  C (x32010@1)   EBut (022100@1)that is just the optimist that lies inside of me

VERSE 1
F (133211@1)                         Am (x02210@1)                                      
Daddy he got drafted by the will of Uncle Sam
F (133211@1)                                     AmBy (x02210@1)the hand of God and the Vietcong he died in Vietnam
F (133211@1)                                  AmMother (x02210@1)couldn't raise three kids but she could raise her hand
F (133211@1)                            C (x32010@1)               B7Every (x21202@1)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'