Open G Tuning

Strum open for an instant G chord — the Rolling Stones/blues-slide tuning. Low to high: D G D G B D.

How to tune to Open G

1. Start in standard tuning.
2. Lower the 6th string (E) to D, the 5th string (A) to G, and the 1st string (E) to D.
3. Strum open and you get a G major chord — the slide/blues tuning of Keith Richards and Robert Johnson.

Famous songs in Open G

• Start Me Up — The Rolling Stones
• Brown Sugar — The Rolling Stones
• Honky Tonk Women — The Rolling Stones

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