Biography:
Multi-instrumentalist Chris Cohen has done time with Deerhoof, Haunted Graffiti, Cass McCombs, White Magic, and Danielson -- now he's embarking on a new solo project under the Captured Tracks umbrella. After releasing a number of albums as The Curtains, this fall he restarts with a new LP, Overgrown Path, out September 25 (2012), which includes the subtly psychedelic pop song, "Caller No. 99."
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Optimist High by Chris Cohen
Intro: D
Verse:
D E D
Too much of a good thing
E D
Summer's here, it never goes away
D
pap pap pap pap pap pam pam pam
D
pap pap pap pap pap pam pam pam
D C#m G
Too much of a good thing
F#m E D
Taking in the countenance of every stranger
Lift:
Bm A Bm
We rely on the optimist high
Chorus:
A
Oh my city
Bm
Promised nothing
C#m E
Still we hope, forever trusting
A
All forgiven
Bm
Right or wrong
C#m
Darkest summer
E
days are gone
Bridge: (x2)
E Bm A
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh hoo ooh
Verse:
D E D
Dialin' up all the people you know
D E D
Hold them close, closer to your ear
D
pap pap pap pap pap pam pam pam
D
pap pap pap pap pap pam pam pam
D C#m G
Dial up all the people you know
F#m E D
We can hope the living always meet again
Lift:
Bm A Bm
We rely on the optimist high
Chorus:
A
Oh my city
Bm
Promised nothing
C#m E
Still we hope, forever trusting
A
All forgiven
Bm
Right or wrong
C#m
Darkest summer
E
days are gone
Bridge: (x2)
E Bm A
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh hoo ooh
Solo: E Bm A
Outro: D
Intro: D
Verse:
D E D
Too much of a good thing
E D
Summer's here, it never goes away
D
pap pap pap pap pap pam pam pam
D
pap pap pap pap pap pam pam pam
D C#m G
Too much of a good thing
F#m E D
Taking in the countenance of every stranger
Lift:
Bm A Bm
We rely on the optimist high
Chorus:
A
Oh my city
Bm
Promised nothing
C#m E
Still we hope, forever trusting
A
All forgiven
Bm
Right or wrong
C#m
Darkest summer
E
days are gone
Bridge: (x2)
E Bm A
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh hoo ooh
Verse:
D E D
Dialin' up all the people you know
D E D
Hold them close, closer to your ear
D
pap pap pap pap pap pam pam pam
D
pap pap pap pap pap pam pam pam
D C#m G
Dial up all the people you know
F#m E D
We can hope the living always meet again
Lift:
Bm A Bm
We rely on the optimist high
Chorus:
A
Oh my city
Bm
Promised nothing
C#m E
Still we hope, forever trusting
A
All forgiven
Bm
Right or wrong
C#m
Darkest summer
E
days are gone
Bridge: (x2)
E Bm A
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh hoo ooh
Solo: E Bm A
Outro: D
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