IntroCG/BAmCG/BAmVerseCG/BAm
I fear I'm dying of complications
CG/BAm
Complications due to things that I've left undone
CG/B
That all my debts will be left unpaid
Am
Feel like a cripple without a cane
CG/B
I'm like a jack of all trades
Am
Who's a master of none
InstrumentalCG/BAmCG/BAmCG/BAmCG/BAmIntro twice, on the second time he throws in
a little riff. Dallas plays it that way.
e|----0---0-0----0------------0---0-0----0---0-----|
B|----0h1-1-1----3------------1---1-1----1---1-----|
G|----4---4-4----0-----5---7--4---4-4----4---4-----|
D|----2---2-2----0--5/7-7/9---2---2-2----2---2-----|
A|--3-3---3-3----2------------0---0-0--0-0---0-2-3-|
E|-------------3-----------------------------------|
Verse 2CG/B
Then there's my father
Am
He's always looking on the bright side
CG/BAm
Saying things like "son life just ain't that hard"
CG/B
He is the grand optimist
Am
I am the world's poor pessimist
CG/B
You give him burdens sometimes
Am
And he will escape unscarred
Pre-Chorus/ChorusGAm
I guess I take after my mother
GAm
I guess I take after my mother
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
GAm
I guess I take after my mother
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.