For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic Chords
by Paramore
For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic by Paramore is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords B, F#, Ebm, C#, G#m, Bbm and C#/F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: B F# Ebm C# B F# C# (x2)
Verse 1:
F# B
Just talk yourself up And tear yourself down
F# B
You've hit your one wall Now find a way around
F# G#m Ebm C#
Well what's the problem? You've got a lot of nerve
Refrain:
Ebm Bbm
So what'd you think I would say?
B C#
No you can't run away, no you can't run away
Ebm C#/F
So what did you think I would say?
F# G#m
No you can't run away, no you can't run away
You wouldn't
Chorus:
B C# Ebm
I never wanted to say this
B F# C#
You never wanted to stay
B C# Ebm
I put my faith in you, so much faith
B C# F# C#
And then you just threw it away
(Repeat Intro once only)
You threw it away
Verse 2:
F# B
I'm not so naive My sorry eyes can see
F# B
The way you fly shy Of almost everything
F# G#m Ebm C#
Well, if you give up You'll get what you deserve
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
Bridge: Bass lines :
You were finished long before
We had even seen the start
Why don't you stand up, be a man about it?
F#(hold)
Fight with your bare hands about it now
Outro:
B F# Ebm C#
I never wanted to say this
B F# C#
You never wanted to stay
B C# Ebm
I put my faith in you, so much faith
B C# F#
And then you just threw it away
B C# Ebm
I never wanted to say this
B F# C#
You never wanted to stay
B C# Ebm
I put my faith in you, so much faith
B C# F#
And then you just threw it away