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Optimist

Turin Brakes
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
   x2444x (or 799877)
 /  244300
 There is a picking pattern which follows the same line as the intro, listen to the original- you'll pick
 up easy enough- then just change to the indicated chords at the right places! :)
 the intro
G
e --------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G ----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-|----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-|----1-----1---1-----4-----4---4-|
D --4-----4---------4-----4-------|----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-|----2-----2---2-----5-----5---5-|
A 2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---|--4-----4---------4-----4-------|--2-----2---------5-----5-------|
E --------------------------------|2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---|0-----0-----0---3-----3-----3---|
Sitting  here, staring out the window
 Traffic always makes  me feel like I'm coming home
Cold  blood bleeding still at least I'm breathing
 Patiently waiting clinging  on to my mobile phone
Cracked  skull with a creepy mind inside
I'm  planning the greatest of escapes,  you know
Patiently  waiting in the line
Soon  I'm gonna stand up
Yeah,  I'm gonna rear up and
There's  no escape.  Lonely pla-net
Oh,  it's too late.  Lonely pla-net
So  la la la, la la la la la la
 La la la la la  la la la la  la la
Cold  blood bleeding, still at least I'm breathing
 Patiently waiting soon  I'm gonna take  control
Cracked  skull with a creepy mind inside
I'm  planning the greatest of escapes
Patiently  waiting in the line
Soon  I'm gonna stand up
Yeah,  I'm gonna rear up and
There's  no escape.  Lonely pla-net
Oh,  it's too late.  Lonely pla-net

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Readable chord sheet for Optimist by Turin Brakes

[B] x2444x (or 799877)
[F#] / [E] 244300

There is a picking pattern which follows the same line as the intro, listen to the original- you'll pick
up easy enough- then just change to the indicated chords at the right places! :)

the intro

  [B]                                [F#] [E]                             [E]               [G]
e --------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G ----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-|----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-|----1-----1---1-----4-----4---4-|
D --4-----4---------4-----4-------|----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-|----2-----2---2-----5-----5---5-|
A 2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---|--4-----4---------4-----4-------|--2-----2---------5-----5-------|
E --------------------------------|2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---|0-----0-----0---3-----3-----3---|

[B]

[B]Sitting here, staring out the [F#]win[E]dow
Traffic always [E]makes me feel like I'm [G]coming [B]home
[B]Cold blood bleeding still at least I'm [F#]bre[E]athing
Patiently waiting [E]clinging on to my [G]mobile [B]phone

[G]Cracked skull with a creepy mind in[B]side
[G]I'm planning the greatest of es[B]capes, you know
[G]Patiently waiting in the [B]line
[G]Soon I'm gonna stand up
[A]Yeah, I'm gonna rear up and

[B]There's no es[F#]cap[E]e. Lonely [E]pla-[G]net [B]
[B]Oh, it's too [F#]lat[E]e. Lonely [E]pla-[G]net [B]

[B]So la la la, la la la la [F#]la [E]la
La la la la [E]la la la la [G]la la [B]la
[B]Cold blood bleeding, still at least I'm [F#]bre[E]athing
Patiently waiting [E]soon I'm gonna [G]take con[B]trol

[G]Cracked skull with a creepy mind in[B]side
[G]I'm planning the greatest of es[B]capes
[G]Patiently waiting in the [B]line
[G]Soon I'm gonna stand up
[A]Yeah, I'm gonna rear up and

[B]There's no es[F#]cap[E]e. Lonely [E]pla-[G]net  [B]
[B]Oh, it's too [F#]lat[E]e. Lonely [E]pla-[G]net  [B]

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