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Turin Brakes — Optimist Chords

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The Optimist (Turin Brakes) —— from the album 'The Optimist Lp'

tab by John Halfpenny (jhalfpenny@excite.com)

Chords used

     B x2444x (or 799877)
F# / E 244300
     E 022100
     G 355433
     A 577655

There is a picking pattern which follows the same line as the intro, listen to the original— you'll pick 
up easy enough— then just change to the indicated chords at the right places! :)

the intro

  B                                F#/E                             E               G
e ————————————————————————————————|————————————————————————————————|————————————————————————————————|
B ————4—————4———4—————4—————4———4—|————————————————————————————————|————————————————————————————————|
G ————4—————4———4—————4—————4———4—|————3—————3———3—————3—————3———3—|————1—————1———1—————4—————4———4—|
D ——4—————4—————————4—————4———————|————4—————4———4—————4—————4———4—|————2—————2———2—————5—————5———5—|
A 2—————2—————2———2—————2—————2———|——4—————4—————————4—————4———————|——2—————2—————————5—————5———————|
E ————————————————————————————————|2—————2—————2———2—————2—————2———|0—————0—————0———3—————3—————3———|


B

B                             F#/E
Sitting here, staring out the window
               E                      G      B
Traffic always makes me feel like I'm coming home
B                                      F#/E
Cold blood bleeding still at least I'm breathing
                  E                 G      B
Patiently waiting clinging on to my mobile phone


G                                  B
Cracked skull with a creepy mind inside
G                              B
I'm planning the greatest of escapes, you know
G                        B
Patiently waiting in the line
G
Soon I'm gonna stand up
A
Yeah, I'm gonna rear up and


B            F#/E         E   G   B
There's no escape. Lonely pla—net
B            F#/E         E   G   B
Oh, it's too late. Lonely pla—net


B                        F#/E
So la la la, la la la la la la
            E           G     B
La la la la la la la la la la la
B                                       F#/E
Cold blood bleeding, still at least I'm breathing
                  E              G       B
Patiently waiting soon I'm gonna take control


G                                  B
Cracked skull with a creepy mind inside
G                              B
I'm planning the greatest of escapes
G                        B
Patiently waiting in the line
G
Soon I'm gonna stand up
A
Yeah, I'm gonna rear up and


B            F#/E         E   G    B
There's no escape. Lonely pla—net
B            F#/E         E   G    B
Oh, it's too late. Lonely pla—net