Song Name: | A Cockeyed Optimist | By: | Rodgers & Hammerstein |
Posted By: | Spiritgirl33 | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | G | Genre: | Musical |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2009-03-17 20:03:09 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | A Cockeyed Optimist
4 -4 5 5 5 5 -4 4 -3 3 3 When the sky is a bright ca-nar-y yel-low -3 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 -3 3 -2 I for-get ev-'ry cloud I've ev-er seen, 2 -2 3 -3 4 -3 -3 5 -2 -2 So they call me a cock-eyed op-ti-mist -2 -2 3 -5 -5 -5 5 -4 -2 Im-ma-ture and in-cur-a-bly green. 4 -4 5 5 5 5 -4 4 -3 3 3 I have heard peo-ple rant and rave and bel-low. -3 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 -3 3 -2 That we're done and we might as well be dead, 2 -2 3 -3 4 -3 -3 5 -2 -2 But I'm on-ly a cock-eyed op-ti-mist -2 -2 3 -5 -5 -5 5 -4 4 And I can't get it in-to my head. 5 5 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 2 2 2 2 I hear the hu-man race is fall-ing on it's face -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -4 5 -3 And has-n't ver-y far to go, -3 5 -3 -3 -3 -3 But ev-'ry whip-poor-will -3 -3 4 4 4 4 Is sell-ing me a bill, 2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -4 And tell-ing me it just ain't so. 4 -4 5 5 5 5 -4 4 -3 3 3 I would say life is just a bowl of jel-lo -3 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 -3 3 -2 And ap-pear more in-tel-li-gent and smart, 2 -2 3 -3 4 -3 But I'm stuck like a dope, 4 -4 5 5 -5 With a thing called hope, 5 -5 6 -5 6 6 -5 6 6 And I can't get it out of my heart! 4 -4 4 -3 4 Not this heart! |