Songs in Open D (DADF(sharp)AD)

BigLicks67

I was working my way through Blood on The Tracks at the weekend in open D and wondered what other classic songs are written/played in this key.

Many thanks in advance for your learned replies.

RocknRollDave

Stone Roses - Love Spreads

bigjon

Big Yellow Taxi, I think

Deijavoo

If I remember right:

 

brucegill

Lewy

brucegill;942731" said:

God I love Chris Smither!

Another Open D classic would be Police Dog Blues by Blind Blake (covered by Cooder and lots of others)

BigLicks67

@Deijavoo - I think it's DADF"BE, but not sure if he uses the top 2 strings - Anyway I've just run through it and it seems okay in DADF"AD.

@brucegill - I've honestly never heard of Chris Smithers.

@Lewy - I'll have a go at that Blind Blake tune but his syncopation kills me. 

brucegill

I only came acros him when I was researching Collings guitars... If you like his stuff he has a page full of tunings for a lot of his songs http://smither.com/etc/guitar-tunings/

Bluesman1989

Thomas Leeb has a few

octatonic

http://opendtuning.com/the-big-list-of-open-d-songs/

BRISTOL86

John Mayer - Daughters (the live in LA version) and features a lovely intro performed by Robbie McIntosh which you can play yourself before launching into the full song!

robinbowes

BRISTOL86 said:

John Mayer - Daughters (the live in LA version) and features a lovely intro performed by Robbie McIntosh which you can play yourself before launching into the full song!

Proper love this song.

R.

BRISTOL86

robinbowes;952248" said:

BRISTOL86 said:

John Mayer - Daughters (the live in LA version) and features a lovely intro performed by Robbie McIntosh which you can play yourself before launching into the full song!





Proper love this song.

R.

The whole concert just blows me away to be honest but this is one of my favourites. John and Robbie complement each other so well.

edenfield99

Vestapol...it's such a classic they named the tuning after it 

BigLicks67

edenfield99 said:

Vestapol...it's such a classic they named the tuning after it 

I was just running through some vestapol stuff on youtube the other day as it happens.

sillymoustache

Almost anything in D with only three chords!

Best tuning for bottleneck stuff.

I even used it for this old Hank Williams coutry song :

BigLicks67

sillymoustache said:

Almost anything in D with only three chords!

Best tuning for bottleneck stuff.

I even used it for this old Hank Williams coutry song :

Nicely done.

I must admit I'm pretty useless with a slide so I tend to avoid playing anything that requires one.

IvisonGuitars

sillymoustache;956583" said:

Almost anything in D with only three chords!



Best tuning for bottleneck stuff.



I even used it for this old Hank Williams coutry song :

That's great @sillymoustache! I've just picked up a resonator and love the Open D sound. What's the second chord (after the D) you are playing?

sillymoustache

Ummmm. it's a 3 chord thing in D - so D, G and A,but perhaps you are referring to the D7 - with 2nd and 5th strings fretted at 4th on 3rd fret?

Hope that helps  if not let me know.