OPTIMISTIC - RADIOHEAD LYRICS VIDEOS TABS

Optimistic
Radiohead
Kid A
Track # 6



Lyrics

Optimistic

Radiohead

Flies are buzzing around my head

Vultures circling the dead

Picking up every last crumb

Big fish eat the little ones

Big fish eat the little ones

Not my problem give me some

You can try the best you can

If you try the best you can

The best you can is good enough

(x2)

This one's optimistic

This one went to market

This one just came out of the swamp

This one drops a payload

Fodder for the animals

Living on an animal farm

You can try the best you can

You can try the best you can

The best you can is good enough

(x2)

I'd really like to help you man

I'd really like to help you man.....

Nervous messed up marionette

Floating around on a prison ship

If you try the best you can

If you try the best you can

The best you can is good enough

You can try the best you can

You can try the best you can

Dinosaurs Roaming the earth (x3)

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Tabs

Optimistic

Radiohead

RIFF A:
strum the following 2x, then the second half 1x:
D---0--------0-------0-------------0--------0----0----|
B--10-------12-------7-------------6--------8----7----|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D--10-------12-------7-------------8-------10----9----|
A---0--------0-------0-------------0--------0----0----|
D---0--------0-------0-------------0--------0----0----|

MAIN RIFF and verses:

D ---------------------|-----------------------|
B ---------------------|-----------------------|
G -----7--77---5555555-|-----9--9--9---7777777-|
D ---------------------|-----------------------|
A -----8--88---7777777-|-----10-10-10--9999999-|
D -0-0-0--00---0000000-|-0-0-0--0--0---0000000-|

CHORUS:

D--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B10--10--10-10-10 -10 10 10 10 10 10 10|10--10--10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
G--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D10--10--10-10-10 --9 -9-9 -9-  9 -9 -9|-8---8---8--8--8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
A-0---0---0--0--0 --0 -0-0 -0-  0 -0 -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---0---0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0|


D ---------------------|-----------------------|
B ---------------------|-----------------------|
G -----7--77---5555555-|-----9--9--9---7777777-|
D ---------------------|-----------------------|
A -----8--88---7777777-|-----10-10-10--9999999-|
D -0-0-0--00---0000000-|-0-0-0--0--0---0000000-|

The other guitar plays this on the chorus:

D-------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------3--5--8/7-----|
G-----------------------------2--3--5-------------------|
D-----------------2--3--5-------------------------------|
A--0--2--3--5-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------|

FROM THE SECOND CHORUS ON THE SECOND GUITAR ALSO PLAYS THIS
AFTER THE ABOVE RIFF:

D--0------------------------------------0----------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------5/3--2------0----3--2----------------5/3-2---0----3--2--------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------0----|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|


After the first chorus there is a break down where a guitar is strumming with the fingers from
the left hand covering the strings to make a rhythmic sound.  LISTEN TO THE RECORDING FOR
THE RHYTHM
THE NUMBERS LINE UP TO THE RHYTHM  its a tough beat but listen close and you can get it.
The strings go from muted to open to create a beat:

BREAKDOWN:

-----1-------2-------3-------4------1------2-------3-------4-----

D --|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B --|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G X-|X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-|X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-|
D X-|X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-|X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-|
A X-|X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-|X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-|
D X-|X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-|X-X-0-X-X-0-X-X-X-X-0-X-X-0-X-|

THIS RIFF IS PLAYED OVER THE BREAKDOWN AND MAIN RIFF IN THE SECOND VERSE
AND THROUGHOUT THE SONG:

D--0------------------------------------0----------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------5/3--2------0----3--2----------------5/3-2---0----3--2--------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------0----|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|

BRIDGE: "I'd really like to help you man..."  The main riff changes a little bit:
It repeats both parts of the riff twice:

D ---------------------|---------------------|
B ---------------------|---------------------|
G -----7--77---5555555-|-----7--77---5555555-|
D ---------------------|---------------------|
A -----8--88---7777777-|-----8--88---7777777-|
D -0-0-0--00---0000000-|-0-0-0--00---0000000-|

D ---------------------|-----------------------|
B ---------------------|-----------------------|
G -----9--9-9--7777777-|-----9--9--9---7777777-|
D ---------------------|-----------------------|
A -----10-1010-9999999-|-----10-10-10--9999999-|
D -0-0-0--0-0--0000000-|-0-0-0--0--0---0000000-|