Alternate Tunings

Name	Notes in Tuning
Standard	e1	a1	d2	g2	b2	e3
Drop D	d1	a1	d2	g2	b2	e3
Half Step Down	d#1	g#1	c#2	f#2	a#2	d#3
Full Step Down	d1	g1	c2	f2	a2	d3
1 and 1/2 Steps Down	c#1	f#1	b1	e2	g#2	c#3
Double Drop D	d1	a1	d2	g2	b2	d3
Drop C	c1	g1	c2	f2	a2	d3
Drop C#	c#1	g#1	c#2	f#2	a#2	d#3
Drop B	b0	f#1	b1	e2	g#2	c#3
Drop A#	a#0	f1	a#1	d#2	g2	c3
Drop A	a0	e1	a1	d2	f#2	b2
Open D	d1	a1	d2	f#2	a2	d3
Open D Minor	d1	a1	d2	f2	a2	d3
Open G	d1	g1	d2	g2	b2	d3
Open G Minor	d1	g1	d2	g2	a#2	d3
Open C	c1	g1	c2	g2	c3	e3
Open C#	c#1	f#1	b2	e2	g#2	c#3
Open C Minor	c1	g1	c2	g2	c3	d#3
Open E7	e1	g#1	d2	e2	b2	e3
Open E Minor7	e1	b1	d2	g2	b2	e3
Open G Major7	d1	g1	d2	f#2	b2	d3
Open A Minor	e1	a1	e2	a2	c3	e3
Open A Minor7	e1	a1	e2	g2	c3	e3
Open E	e1	b1	e2	g#2	b2	e3
Open A	e1	a1	c#2	e2	a2	e3
C Tuning	c1	f1	a#1	d#2	g2	c3
C# Tuning	c#1	f#1	b1	e2	g#2	c#3
Bb Tuning	a#0	d#1	g#1	c#2	f2	a#2
A to A (Baritone)	a0	d1	g1	c2	e2	a2
D A D D D D	d1	a1	d2	d2	d3	d3
C G D G B D	c1	g1	d2	g2	b2	d3
C G D G B E	c1	g1	d2	g2	b2	e3
D A D E A D	d1	a1	d2	e2	a2	d3
D G D G A D	d1	g1	d2	g2	a2	d3
Open Dsus2	d1	a1	d2	g2	a2	d3
Open Gsus2	d1	g1	d2	g2	c3	d3
G6	d1	g1	d2	g2	b2	e3
Modal G	d1	g1	d2	g2	c3	d3
Overtone	c2	e2	g2	a#2	c3	d3
Pentatonic	a1	c2	d2	e2	g2	a3
Minor Third	c2	d#2	f#2	a2	c3	d#3
Major Third	c2	e2	g#2	c3	e3	g#3
All Fourths	e1	a1	d2	g2	c3	f3
Augmented Fourths	c1	f#1	c2	f#2	c3	f#3
Slow Motion	d1	g1	d2	f2	c3	d3
Admiral	c1	g1	d2	g2	b2	c3
Buzzard	c1	f1	c2	g2	a#2	f3
Face	c1	g1	d2	g2	a2	d3
Four and Twenty	d1	a1	d2	d2	a2	d3
Ostrich	d1	d2	d2	d2	d3	d3
Capo 200	c1	g1	d2	d#2	d3	d#3
Balalaika	e1	a1	d2	e2	e2	a2
Charango		g1	c2	e2	a2	e3
Cittern One	c1	f1	c2	g2	c3	d3
Cittern Two	c1	g1	c2	g2	c3	g3
Dobro	g1	b1	d2	g2	b2	d3
Lefty	e3	b2	g2	d2	a1	e1
Mandoguitar	c1	g1	d2	a2	e3	b3
Rusty Cage	b0	a1	d2	g2	b2	e3

How to Tune a Guitar

Tuning the guitar is vital to sounding good. Here are some simple instructions that explain guitar tuning basics. The open strings of a guitar from the thickest to thinest are as follows:

• E – the thickest or lowest sounding string is known as the 6th string
• A – is the 5th
• D – is the 4th
• G – is the 3rd
• B – is the 2nd
• E – the thinest or highest is the 1st

The most common method for tuning both Electric and Acoustic guitars – and the one you can use when no other instrument or guitar tuner is at hand is:

Standard Guitar Tuning Method

Step 1: The E String

Tune the bottom E, as accurately as you can. Chances are it’s in tune anyways, being the thickest string it’s the least likely to detune itself than any of the others. If you have another instrument such as a Piano (which stays in tune for years), you can tune it to the 2nd E below middle C (aka C4). If you have no device or instrument handy just try to get it as accurate as possible, what really counts when you are playing is that the guitar is in tune with itself and any other instruments you might be playing with.

Step 2: The A String

Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the fifth fret on the bottom Estring. That’s an A note. Keep your finger on that fret. Now pick the fifth and six strings in turn, gently adjusting the fifth string tuning peg until the two notes are the same.

Step 3: The D String

Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the fifth fret on the A string. That’s a D note. Tune the 4th string (the D note) to that.

Step 4: The G String

Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the fifth fret on the D string. That’s a G note. Tune your G string to that note.

Step 5: The B String

Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the forth fret (note the B string is the only one that comes from a different position the forth fret, the rest are from the 5th fret).

Step 6: Tuning the E String

Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the fifth fret on the B string. That’s a E note.

Thanks for visiting this educational page that details a method for Tuning your Guitar, I hope it was helpful to you.

Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine Guitar Chords, Lyrics, Tabs & Meanings

She's got a smile that it seems to me, reminds of childhood memories.....

I dont remember how many times have i sung these lines since school.. must be a million times by now.... Sweet child o mine has always, always been one of my fav songs... I just love this song...

One of the best from Guns N Roses, this song was also one of the most played songs in radio stations.

In a VH1 special, it was stated that Slash (GNR lead guitarist) played the riff in a jam session as a joke. Drummer Steven Adler and Slash were warming up and Slash began to play a "circus" melody while making faces at Steven. Izzy asked Slash to play it again, and added chords to play with it. With Steven Adler's added drum part, the harmony became the core of the song.

The lyrics of the song were originally a poem/love letter to Axl's (GNR lead vocalist) girlfriend (Erin Everly) at the time. Originally, there was a third verse to the song. However, this verse was later cut from recording as the band's producer, Spencer Proffer, felt the song would carry on for too long. The final dramatic breakdown was not added until Proffer suggested the band add one. They agreed, but weren't sure what to do. Axl started saying to himself, "Where do we go? Where do we go now?" Spencer suggested that he sing that, and "Sweet Child o' Mine" was born.[1] In an interview with Hit Parader magazine in 1988, bassist Duff McKagan noted:

The thing about 'Sweet Child,' it was written in five minutes. It was one of those songs, only three chords. You know that guitar lick Slash does at the beginning? It was kinda like a joke because we thought, 'What is this song? It's gonna be nothin', it'll be filler on the record.' And except that vocal-wise, it's very sweet and sincere, Slash was fuckin' around when he first wrote that lick.

All in all, it has always been one of my most loved songs, and i love playing it.. You can use these guitar chords given here, which are quite easy and simple.


Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine Guitar Chords, Lyrics, Tabs & Meanings

[D]she's got a smile and it seems to me
[Cadd9]reminds me of childhood memories
when [G]everything was as fresh as a bright blue [D]sky
[D]now and then when i see her face
[Cadd9]she takes me away to that special place
and if i [G]stared too long i'd probably break down and [D]cry

[A]whoa, [C]whoa - sweet child of [D]mine
[A]oh, oh , [C]oh - sweet love of [D]mine

Music : D Cadd9 G D

[D]she's got eyes of the bluest skies
[Cadd9]as if they thought of rain
i [G]hate to look into hose eyes
and [D]see an ounce of pain

her [D]hair reminds me of a warm safe place
where [Cadd9]as a child i'd hide
and [G]pray for ther thunder and the rain
to [D]quietly pass me by

[A]whoa, [C]whoa - sweet child of [D]mine
[A]oh, oh , [C]oh - sweet love of [D]mine

Music : D Cadd9 G D C G D

[A]whoa, [C]whoa - sweet child of [D]mine
[A]oh, oh , [C]oh - sweet love of [D]mine

Guitar Solos:
( Em C B7 Am Em C B7 Am ) x2
( Em G A C D Em G A C D ) x2

[Em]where do we go? [G]where do we go now?
[C]where do we go? [D]ooh, [Em]where do we go?
[G]ooh, [A]where do we go now?
[Em]where do we go?
[G]ooh, [A]where do we go [C]now?... [D]now now now now now now now

Music :Em G A