A Cockeyed Optimist
by Rodgers & Hammerstein · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
When the sky is a bright ca-nar-y yel-low
I for-get ev-'ry cloud I've ev-er seen,
So they call me a cock-eyed op-ti-mist
Im-ma-ture and in-cur-a-bly green.
I have heard peo-ple rant and rave and bel-low.
That we're done and we might as well be dead,
But I'm on-ly a cock-eyed op-ti-mist
And I can't get it in-to my head.
I hear the hu-man race is fall-ing on it's face
And has-n't ver-y far to go,
But ev-'ry whip-poor-will
Is sell-ing me a bill,
And tell-ing me it just ain't so.
I would say life is just a bowl of jel-lo
And ap-pear more in-tel-li-gent and smart,
But I'm stuck like a dope,
With a thing called hope,
And I can't get it out of my heart!
Not this heart!