Biography:
Blues Traveler is a rock band, formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. The band's music covers a variety of genres, including blues rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, soul, and Southern rock.
Currently, the group comprises singer and harmonica player John Popper, guitarist Chan Kinchla, drummer Brendan Hill, bassist Tad Kinchla and keyboardist Ben Wilson. Tad Kinchla and Ben Wilson joined the band following the death of original bassist Bobby Sheehan in 1999.
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Other songs:
- All For You
- Hook
- Run Around
- 100 Years
- Alone
- Best Part
- Blow Up The Moon
- Canadian Rose
- Cara Let The Moon
- Christmas
- Fallible
- Freedom
- Just Wait
- Letter From A Friend
- Look Around
- Most Precarious
- Nikkias Prom
- Optimistic Thought
- Regarding Steven
- Roseanne Theme
- Run
- Sweet Pain
- The Gunfighter
- The Mountains Win Again
- Yours
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
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From [email protected] Wed Apr 9 12:51:12 1997
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 23:12:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Clare White
To: [email protected]
Subject: Optimistic Thought(Blues Traveler)
I figured out this song a few years ago by studying Chan's hands at a
concert in Providence.
It's from the album Travelers and Thieves (a work of genius!)the only
difference in the playing is that on the last verse on the album, everything
is shifted up one half-step.
Optimistic Thought
by Blues Traveler
A D A D E A
When she wakes it seems so shady, she remembers she's a lady
F#m E A D E
Oh but could it be that maybe she was having lots of fun
A D A D E A
She sees she's wearing leather, in her navel there's a feather
F#m E A D A
She just has to crack a smile and close her eyes her prayer begun
chorus:
A D A D E A
Life I embrace you, I shall honor and disgrace you
F#m E
Please forgive if I replace you
A D E
You see I'm going through some pain
A D A D E A
But now I see clearly, and the dawn is coming nearly
F#m E
And though I'm human and it's early
A D A
I swear I'll never forget again
An explorer he went wandering
To satisfy his pondering
Basically meandering
Unsure of what he'd find
Braving any danger
But to his family he's a stranger
And from time to time he turns around
And this runs through his mind
chorus
There's a multitude of story
Some is clean and some are gory
But there is no need to worry
If you're sold or if you're bought
We're just spinning on some granite
That we like to call a planet
And if you need to contemplate
Well here's an optimistic thought
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Clare White
Colt-Andrews School, Grade 4
Bristol, RI USA
[email protected]
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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From [email protected] Wed Apr 9 12:51:12 1997
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 23:12:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Clare White
To: [email protected]
Subject: Optimistic Thought(Blues Traveler)
I figured out this song a few years ago by studying Chan's hands at a
concert in Providence.
It's from the album Travelers and Thieves (a work of genius!)the only
difference in the playing is that on the last verse on the album, everything
is shifted up one half-step.
Optimistic Thought
by Blues Traveler
A D A D E A
When she wakes it seems so shady, she remembers she's a lady
F#m E A D E
Oh but could it be that maybe she was having lots of fun
A D A D E A
She sees she's wearing leather, in her navel there's a feather
F#m E A D A
She just has to crack a smile and close her eyes her prayer begun
chorus:
A D A D E A
Life I embrace you, I shall honor and disgrace you
F#m E
Please forgive if I replace you
A D E
You see I'm going through some pain
A D A D E A
But now I see clearly, and the dawn is coming nearly
F#m E
And though I'm human and it's early
A D A
I swear I'll never forget again
An explorer he went wandering
To satisfy his pondering
Basically meandering
Unsure of what he'd find
Braving any danger
But to his family he's a stranger
And from time to time he turns around
And this runs through his mind
chorus
There's a multitude of story
Some is clean and some are gory
But there is no need to worry
If you're sold or if you're bought
We're just spinning on some granite
That we like to call a planet
And if you need to contemplate
Well here's an optimistic thought
*****************************************************************
Clare White
Colt-Andrews School, Grade 4
Bristol, RI USA
[email protected]
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