Optimistic Tab

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Author Ivan Delić [a] 316. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

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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-------------------------|
 
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                       Dsus2
Flies are buzzing around my head
Dsus4             D
Vultures circling my bed
A#         C          D
Picking up every last crumb
Dm                       Dsus2
The big fish eat the little ones
Dm                       Dsus2
The big fish eat the little ones
A#         C          D
Not my problem give me some
 
CHORUS
        F
You can try the best you can
       G                G
If you try the best you can
    A#             C     D
The best you can is good 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--------------------------------------
X

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not to be snobby like the Radiohead-crazed jerk that gave you 1 star, but this is quite far from the way it's played and you need many parts of it as well, I'm sorry I'd rate it 2 stars but to compensate for the jerk, you get 3

That is way off. The intro is played on the bottom three strings and the main riff is actually e|---------- b|---------- g|-7-5-9--7- d|-x-x-x--x- a|-8-7-10-9- E|-0-0-0--0-

sorry I meant the three highest strings g, b and e.