Drums tab
Optimistic
*Radiohead - "Optimistic"
*From the Kid A EP
*Tabbed by Craig Armstrong ([address removed] [obscuredreflections.cjb.net])
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CC = Crash
RC = Ride
HH = Hi-hat
TT1 = Tom 1
TT2 = Tom 2
SD = Snare
FT = Floor Tom
BD = Bass Drum
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|4/4
Intro
|Repeat 9 times |
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o--------------------------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o---o---o---o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-----------------------o-------o------|
|Repeat 4 times |
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
Verse 1
"Flies are buzzing round my head"
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
"Vultures cir - cling the dead"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Picking up every last"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Crumb. The"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Big fish eat the little ones. The"
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
"Big fish eat the little ones"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Not my problim, give me some"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"You Can try"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
"The best you can If Can try"
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
"The best you can. The"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Best you can is good enough"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"If you try"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"The best you can If you try"
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
"The best you can The"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Best you can is good enough"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o--------------------------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o---o---o---o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-----------------------o-------o------|
|Repeat 4 times |
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
Verse 2
"This one's op - timistic"
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
"This one went to market"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"This one just came out of the swamp"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"This one dropped a payload"
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
"Fodder for the a - nimals"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Li - ving on a - ni - mal"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Farm. If Can try"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
"The best you can If Can try"
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
"The best you can. The"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Best you can is good enough"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"If you try"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"The best you can If you try"
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
"The best you can The"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Best you can is good enough"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o-------o--|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o------|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
|Repeat 7 times |
HH |-x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x------|
SD |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o-------o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
"I'd"
HH |-x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x------|
SD |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
"Real - ly like to help you, man"
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
"Real - ly like to help you, man"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Ner - vous messed up marionettes"
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
"Floating a - round on a prison ship"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
If you try"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
"The best you can If you try"
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
"The best you can The"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Best you can is good enough"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
If you try"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"The best you can If you try"
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o----------|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o---o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
"The best you can"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Dinasours roaming the Earth"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Dinasours roaming the Earth"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Dinasours roaming the"
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
FT |------------------------------%---------------------------------|
BD |----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Earth"
TT1 |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o-------o--|
FT |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o------|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
|Repeat 8 times |
HH |-x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x------|
SD |-----o-----------o-----------o-------o-----------o---o-------o--|
BD |-o-----------------------o-------------------------------o------|
Outro
CC |---------------------------------------------------------o------|
RC |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o--------------|
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
TT2 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
SD |-----------------o-----------o-------------------o--------------|
BD |-o-------o-----------------------o-------o---------------o------|
CC |----------------------------------------------------------------|
RC |-o-------o-------o-------o--------------------------------------|
TT1 |-------------------------------------------------o---o----------|
TT2 |---------------------------------------------------------o---o--|
SD |-----------------o---------------o---o---o---o------------------|
BD |---------o------------------------------------------------------|
CC |-o-------------------------------------------------------o------|
RC |---------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o--------------|
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
TT2 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
SD |-----------------o-----------o-------------------o--------------|
BD |-o-------o-----------------------o-------o---------------o------|
CC |----------------------------------------------------------------|
RC |-o-------o-------o-------o--------------------------------------|
TT1 |-------------------------------------------------o-o-o-o--------|
TT2 |---------------------------------------------------------o-o-o-o|
SD |-----------------o---------------o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o----------------|
BD |---------o------------------------------------------------------|
CC |-o-------------------------------------------------------o------|
RC |---------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o--------------|
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
TT2 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
SD |-----------------o-----------o-------------------o--------------|
BD |-o-------o-----------------------o-------o---------------o------|
|3/3
CC |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
RC |-o-------o-------o-------o------------------------------------------------------|
TT1 |---------------------------------------------------------o---o---o---o----------|
TT2 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------o---o--|
SD |-----------------o---------------o---o---o---o---o---o--------------------------|
BD |---------o----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|4/4
CC |-o-------------------------------------------------------o------|
RC |---------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o--------------|
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
TT2 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
SD |-----------------o-----------o-------------------o--------------|
BD |-o-------o-----------------------o-------o---------------o------|
CC |----------------------------------------------------------------|
RC |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o------------------------------|
TT1 |-------------------------------------------------o---o----------|
TT2 |---------------------------------------------------------o---o--|
SD |-----------------o---------------o---o-o-o---o------------------|
BD |---------o------------------------------------------------------|
CC |-o-------------------------------------------------------o------|
RC |---------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o--------------|
TT1 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
TT2 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
SD |-----------------o-----------o-------------------o--------------|
BD |-o-------o-----------------------o-------o---------------o------|
CC |-o--------------------------------------------------------------|
RC |---------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o------|
SD |-----------------o-----------o-------------------o---o----------|
BD |-o-------------------------------o------------------------------|
|Repeat 2 times |
CC |----------------------------------------------------------------|
RC |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o------|
SD |-----------------o-----------o-------------------o---o----------|
BD |-o-------------------------------o------------------------------|
CC |----------------------------------------------------------------|
RC |-o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o--------------|
SD |-----------------o-----------o-------------------o---o---o---o--|
BD |-o-------------------------------o-------o----------------------|
CC |-o-------------------------------o------------------------------|
RC |---------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o------|
SD |-----------------o-----------o-------------------o-----------o--|
BD |-o-------------------------------o------------------------------|
|Repeat 3 times |
CC |----------------------------------------------------------------|
RC |---------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o------|
SD |-----------------o---o---------------------------o-----------o--|
BD |-o-------------------------------o------------------------------|
CC |---------------------------------o------------------------------|
RC |-o-------o-------o-----------------------o----------------------|
SD |-----------------o---o---o---o----------------------------------|
BD |-o-------o-----------------------o------------------------------|
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