# From bw0001@ride.ri.net Wed Apr 9 12:51:12 1997 Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 23:12:37 -0500 (EST) From: Clare White <bw0001@ride.ri.net> To: guitar@olga.net 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

When she^A wakes it s^Deems so s^Ahady, she re^Dmembers ^Eshe's a ^Alady Oh but^F#m could it be that ^Emaybe she was h^Aaving l^Dots of ^Efun She s^Aees she's we^Daring le^Aather, in her ^Dnavel th^Eere's a ^Afeather She ju^F#mst has to crack a s^Emile and close her e^Ayes her p^Drayer b^Aegun

chorus:

^ALife ^DI em^Abrace you, I shall h^Donor a^End di^Asgrace you Please fo^F#mrgive if I re^Eplace you You see I'm go^Aing thr^Dough some p^Eain But ^Anow I^D see c^Alearly, and the d^Dawn is c^Eoming n^Aearly And though I'm h^F#muman and it's e^Early I swear I'll ne^Aver fo^Drget a^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 bw0001@ride.ri.net

Blues Traveler - Optimistic thought