Optimistic Radiohead
Drop D Tuning!!!
[D] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E]
Riff I: (slide to all these chords)
e |---------------------0---0---0--0--0---0---0---0--0--0---0---------| b |---------------------x---x---x--x--x---x---x---x--x--x---x---------| g |--14-14---14-16--16--11--11--11-11-11--10--10--10-12-12--11--------| d |--15-15---15-17--17--12--12--12-12-12--12--12--12-14-14--12--------| a |--15-15---15-17--17--12--12--12-12-12--13--13--13-15-15--12--------| D |--0--0----0--0---0---0---0---0--0--0---0---0---0--0--0---0---------|
Riff II:
e |-------------------------------------------------------------------| b |-------------------------------------------------------------------| g |------7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5------9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------| d |------x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x------x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-------------------| a |------5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3------7-7-7--3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------| D |--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
Riff III:
e |----------------------------2-2--2-2-2-2-2-------------------------| b |----------------------------3-3--3-3-3-3-3-------------------------| g |--5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4--3-3-3---2-2--2-2-2-2-2-------------------------| d |--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-------------------------| a |--3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2--1-1-1---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-------------------------| D |--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-------------------------|
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/radiohead/optimistic_tab_ver_6.html )
Riff IV:
e |-------------------------------------------------------------------| b |---3--3---3--3--------3-3-3-3--------------------------------------| g |---2--0---3--2--------0-0-0-2--------------------------------------| d |---0--0---0--0--------0-0-0-0--------------------------------------| a |-------------------------------------------------------------------| D |-------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
NAME EADGBe
F x00565
G 320033
D xx0232
A# x13331
C x32010
Dm xx0231
Dsus2 xx0230
Dsus4 xx0233
INTRO:
F-G-D A#-C-D --> 2 times
[A#-C-D]
Dm Dsus2 Dsus4 D --> 2 times
VERSE
[Dm]Flies are buzzing around [Dsus2]my head
[Dsus4]Vultures circling [D]my bed
[A#]Picking up [C]every last [D]crumb
[Dm]The big fish eat the litt[Dsus2]le ones
[Dm]The big fish eat the litt[Dsus2]le ones
[A#]Not my prob[C]lem give me[D] some
CHORUS
You can [F]try the best you can
If you [G]try the best you [G]can
The [A#]best you can is[C] good [D]enough
Then theres a little lick that goes like this...
e-------------------------------------- B--3----1------------------------------ G---------3-2----0-3-2----------------- It goes over and over during D----------------------0--------------- the Dm Dsus2... chords on A-------------------------------------- the verse. E--------------------------------------
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