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OPTIMISTIC
Radiohead

DROPPED—D TUNING
no bass during the first two times a verse is sung.

*RIFF #1 The bass comes in quietly at 1:07:
G——————————————————————————————————————————————|x2
D——————————5———————————————————————————————————|
A——————————————5———3h5—5—5—x—x—3h5—5—5——5—5——5—|
D——0———0———————————————————————————————————————|

During the interim between the first refrain and second verse:
G—————————————————————————————————|
D—————————————————————————————————|
A—————5——3h5—5—5—————5——3h5—5—5———|
D——0——————————————0———————————————|Repeat until 2nd verse

Repeat Riff #1 during the second refrain. Then, at 2:32:
*RIFF #2
G————————————————————————————————————————————|x4
D————————————————————————————————————————————|
A——7h8—8—8——8h7—7——7——9h10—10—10——10h9—9——9/—|
D————————————————————————————————————————————|

During the third semi—verse, just thumb the low D—string:
G————————————————————————————————————————————|
D————————————————————————————————————————————|
A————————————————————————————————————————————|
D——0—0—————0—————0—0—————0—————0—0————0——————|

Now, repeat Riff #1, then play Riff #2 with slight variation
on the second repetition:
G——————————————————————————————————————————————————|
D——————————————————————————————————————————————————|
A——7h8—8—8——8h7—7——7——9h10—10—10——10—10——9/12—12/5—|
D——————————————————————————————————————————————————|

On the fourth repetition, leading to the outro, play this:
G————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
D—————————————————————————————————————————————12h10——————|
A——5—7—7h8—8—8——8h7—7——7——9h10—10—10——10h9—9———————12h10—|
D————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|

The first part of the outro features improv on high D:
G————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
D—0——12——0—10—0—10—10——12/0——12—0—10—12—12/0——3—/—5—5——4—|
A————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
D————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
You can also hit the 7th fret and bend the 12th if you like.

The final part of the outro is light and jazzy, and goes:
G————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
D—0—12—0—10—10—0—12——0—0—————10—0—12—0—10—10—0—12——0———0—|
A—————————————————————————10—————————————————————————————|
D————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|

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About Radiohead

Radiohead are an English alternative rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, beats), Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboard, other instruments), Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Greenwood (bass guitar, synthesizers) and Phil Selway (drums, percussion).

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