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Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 01:15:19 -0500
From: nate f 
Subject: r/radiohead/optimistic.tab


Song: OPTMISTIC
Artist: RADIOHEAD
Album: KID A
 
Transcribed BY: Chris McGuire   
With additions by: Nate (zero606@excite.com)

This is how I play it. I got the chorus from Andrew Prefontaine's Tab i just
put in the opening riffs. You have to listen to the album to get the rythm 
and timing right.

[Nate: I added a few second guitar parts]

(double drop D tuning)

E---------------------
B---------------------
G---------------------
D----7-7-9-9-4-4-3-5-4        RIFF 1 (2X)
A----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
D----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0  

E----------
B----------
G----------
D-----3-5-4        
A-----0-0-0
D-----0-0-0 



E----------------------------
B----------------------------
G----------------------------
D----12-12-10-10--14-14-12-12     RIFF 2 (played throughout) 
A----0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0-
D----0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0-

E----------------------
B----------------------
G---5-5--3-3--7-7--5-5-
D---x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x-     RIFF 2 (alternate) 
A---5-5--3-3--7-7--5-5-
D---0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-

 
CHORUS:

   Dm7    Dsus4       D    F      Am4     D5
E--0--0---0-0--0-0----0-0--0-0----0-0-----0
B--10-10--8-8--8-8----7-7--6-6----5-5-----3
G--10-10--7-7--7-7----7-7--5-5----5-5-----2
D--10-10--7-7--7-7----7-7--7-7----7-7-----0
A--0--0---0-0--0-0----0-0--0-0----0-0-----0
D--0--0---0-0--0-0----0-0--0-0----0-0-----0

============================================================================
Nate's adds...

Gtr. 2 (double drop d) played during the "if you try the best you can...."
part
  Dm7     Dsus4           D       F   Am4 D5
d---------------------------------------------
B---------------------3-5-7-7b8r7-6~~-5~~-3~~-
G---------------2-4-5-------------------------
D---------2-3-5-------------------------------
A-0-2-3-5-------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------

During Second/Third Verse
Gtr. 2 
d--------------------0(let ring)-
B------------------------1-------
G--3--2--0--3--2----------3------
D-----------------0--------0-----
A---------------------------0----
D----------------------------0---

                                             


Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 23:44:24 -0400
From: Andrew Prefontaine 
Subject: r/radiohead/optimistic.crd

Optimistic By Radiohead
>From the Album Kid A
Tabbed by Andrew Prefontaine

Here's how the song is supposed to go. The previous tabs of it were
pretty close
but not quite on the mark.

I won't post lyrics with this tab because there seems to be a big stink
about it if
you do.

It's pretty simple, and believe it or not repetitive
Use your own beat style. I only wrote it like this so it would be easy
to understand the dsus4 d dsus4 d part.

standard tuning

Verse:

  D            F?             Dsus4       D   
--5---5--5-5---5-5--5--5--5---5---5--5-5--5--5--5-5-5--
--7---7--7-7---6-6--6--6--6---8---8--8-8--7--7--7-7-7--
--7---7--7-7---5-5--5--5--5---7---7--7-7--7--7--7-7-7--
--7---7--7-7---7-7--7--7--7---7---7--7-7--7--7--7-7-7--
--5---5--5-5---8-8--8--8--8---5---5--5-5--5--5--5-5-5--
---------------5-5--5--5--5----------------------------

 F?           C             Dsus4 D     Dsus4 D  
-5---5--5-5---3--3--3--3----5--5--5-5---5-5-5----
-6---6--6-6---5--5--5--5----8--7--7-7---8-7-7----
-5---5--5-5---5--5--5--5----7--7--7-7---7-7-7----
-7---7--7-7---5--5--5--5----7--7--7-7---7-7-7----
-8---8--8-8---3--3--3--3----5--5--5-5---5-5-5----
-5---5--5-5--------------------------------------

Chorus:
  D           F?           G               D                 
--5---5--5-5--5-5-5--5-5---10--10--10-10---10--10--10-10-10---
--7---7--7-7--6-6-6--6-6---12--12--12-12---10--10--10-10-10---
--7---7--7-7--5-5-5--5-5---12--12--12-12---11--11--11-11-11---
--7---7--7-7--7-7-7--7-7---12--12--12-12---12--12--12-12-12---
--5---5--5-5--8-8-8--8-8---10--10--10-10---12--12--12-12-12---
--------------5-5-5--5-5-------------------10--10--10-10-10---

 F                 C                 Dsus4 D     Dsus4 D
-8--8--8--8---8----8--8--8--8--8-----5--5--5-5---5-5-5----
-10-10-10-10--10---8--8--8--8--8-----8--7--7-7---8-7-7----
-10-10-10-10--10---9--9--9--9--9-----7--7--7-7---7-7-7----
-10-10-10-10--10---10-10-10-10-10----7--7--7-7---7-7-7----
-8--8--8--8---8----10-10-10-10-10----5--5--5-5---5-5-5----
-------------------8--8--8--8--8--------------------------



And that's it. Repeat as necessary.

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