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
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 sheF wakes it sGeems so sFhady, she reGmembers Fshe's a Flady
Oh butcis could it be that Fmaybe she was hFaving lGots of Ffun
She sFees she's weGaring leFather, in her Gnavel thFere's a Ffeather
She jucisst has to crack a sFmile and clFose her eGyes herF prayer begun

chorus:
FLife GI emFbrace you, GI shalFl honFor and disgrace you
Please focisrgive if I reFplace you
You see I'm goFing thrGough some pFain
But Fnow IG see cFlearly, and the dGawn is cFoming nFearly
And though I'm hcisuman and it's eFarly
I swear I'll neFver foGrget aFgain

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