Tabbed by: Tom Prest



Tuning: Standard (Capo 3)


Intro: C Em Am C Em Am

Verse:

C          Em             Am
I fear I'm dying of complications

      C              Em                    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               Em
I'm like a jack of all trades

                  Am
Who's a master of none


Verse 2:

C               Em
Then there's my father

Am
He's always looking on the bright side

       C            Em                       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                Em
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