Guitar tunings.

Rookie145

Hello all out there.

I play the guitar as a past time and I know a little about open tuning, standard tuning, DADGAD etc. There is one particular song by Neil Young
"Don't Let It Bring You Down" in which he tunes his guitar, to either drop D, or Double drop D. Can anyone out there enlighten me as to which tuning it is and what are the chord shapes?

P.S. I'm currently playing it in drop D tuning But I have'nt got it quite right, yet.

Cheers,

Rookie145.

Joey the lips

Hi OP, This is availailable on the net, what i usually do is play the A Chord till it sounds like his and I have reached his level. It improves your ear as well. I know its not a 100% answer thats why I have included the chords

Enjoy


Don't Let It Bring You Down : After The Goldrush : Neil Young

Intro:
A G A C (x2)

A
Old man lying by the side of the road

Am7
With the lorries rolling by

D
Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load

F Em7
And the buildings scrape the sky


Cold wind rippling down the alley at dawn
And the morning paper fly
Dead man lying at the side of the road
And the daylight in his eyes

Chorus:
Em7 D7
Don't let it bring you down

C
It's only castles burning

Bm7
Find someone who's turning

A
And you will come around

G A C A G A C

Blind man running through the light of the night
With an answer in his hand
Come on down to the river of sight and
You can really understand

Red light flashin' through the window in the rain
Can you hear the sirens moan?
White cane lying in the gutter in the lane
And you're walking home alone

Chorus

A
Don't let it bring you down

D
It's only castles burning just

Bm7
Find someone who's turning


A
And you will come around

G A C

A G A C

A
Don't let it bring you down

D
It's only castles burning just

Bm7
Find someone who's turning

A
And you will come around

G A C

A D A D


notes:
Em7 022030 or 020030
Am7 002010
the emphasis here is _heavy_ on playability - the actual recorded version
is on piano - the closest we can get on guitar is the following:
Verse: CIII (5553) Cm7IV (5343) F (33211) AbIV (66544)
Gm7 (53333)
Chorus: Gm7 F7III (3545) EbIII (5343) Dm7 (3211)
Chorus2 (first time) C (332010) F Dm7 (0211)
CIII (5553) Bb CIII EbIII
Chorus2 (2nd time) C F Dm7
CIII FVIII (10,10,10,8) CIII FVIII
or retune your guitar (to D) and change accordingly

Rookie145

Hey Joey, thanks a million for that, and well layed out too. I've since been trying to play it in double drop D and it sounds very effective, but I'll certainly give that a shot. Thanks again.