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Classic rock, punk, and grunge songs in Drop-D tuning


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Here's an archived thread from UG with a bunch of Drop-D songs: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/archive/index.php?t-1467045.html

 

Rage Against the Machine shows up a lot: Killing In the Name & Freedom.

 

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Just found the mother lode: http://www.guitarchordsmagic.com/drop-d-tuning.html

 

Dear Prudence - The Beatles

The Chain - Fleetwood Mac

Ohio - Neil Young

Harvest Moon - Neil Young

All Apologies - Nirvana

Something in the Way - Nirvana

Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

Higher - Creed

Everlong - Foo Fighters

Black Balloon - Goo Goo Dolls

I Miss You - Incubus

Cold - Crossfade

Grand Theft Autumn - Fallout Boy

Meant to Live - Switchfoot

So Cold - Breaking Benjamin

Sludge Factory - Alice in Chains

Vermilion Part 2 - Slipknot

Grace - Jeff Buckley

Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden

The End - The Doors

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Here's an archived thread from UG with a bunch of Drop-D songs:



Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

 

 

 

 

Kashmir is in DADGAD, so there's more than just one string tuned down on that one.

 

A good sized chunk of Soundgarden's work seems to have been drop-D tuned.

 

Fat-Bottomed Girls by Queen was in drop-D, along with (I believe) White Man and Prophet's Song.

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^, yup, I think all of in utero was in E flat tuning wasn't it?

 

All of Tool except 2 songs are in Drop D.

 

Them Bones, Sludge Factory, I stay Away, by Alice in Chains are in Drop C# as well.

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^, yup, I think all of in utero was in E flat tuning wasn't it?


All of Tool except 2 songs are in Drop D.


Them Bones, Sludge Factory, I stay Away, by Alice in Chains are in Drop C# as well.

The ones I can think of, yes, I do believe they were in E flat tuning. I believe he used some heavy strings, I can't imagine dropping to C# on a Fender Mustang on my usual 10 gauge strings.

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A few from our setlist that I didn't see mentioned yet:

 

Slither by Velvet Revolver.

Hash Pipe by Weezer.

Open Up Your Eyes by Tonic.

 

Also "It's Love" by Kings X is probably their most popular tune but 75% of their stuff is in drop D. Some great riffage in their catalog.

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