# Doper guitarists, help me figure out the chords to the alternately tuned song.

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**Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-guitarists-help-me-figure-out-the-chords-to-the-alternately-tuned-song/584683/1 "2011-06-07T23:04:46Z")

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Here’s a [link to the youtube video (Sorry, not the best quality).](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uHc_I_fPEw) It’s called “The King is Dead Boring” by John Wesley Harding.

The song is in double drop D tuning (DADGBd) with a capo on the third fret.

I’ve tried to figure out the chords for alternate tuning and I think it’s blowing up my brain.

It sounds like it starts with a D (000234) then Dsus2 (000232) then D7 (000230). Well, here are what I think I hear (chords in their order) and I am pretty sure I’m wrong:

Verse

D-4–4–2–0—7—9–7—5–0–0–0–4–  
B-3–3–3–3—7—7–7—5–1–0–0–3–  
D-2–2–2–2—0—0–0—0–0–0–0–2–  
G-0–0–0–0—0—0–0—0–2–2–0–0–  
A-0–0–0–0—x—x–x—x–3–2–0–0–  
D-0–0–0–0—7—7–7—5–0–0–0–0–

Chorus  
D–0–0–2–0–2–5–2-  
B–0–1–3–0–3–5–3-  
D–0–0–2–0–2–0–2-  
G–2–2–0–2–0–0–0-  
A–2–3–0–2–0–x–0-  
D–0–0–0–0–0–5–0-

Bridge  
D–2–0–0–0–0–0–0–2-  
B–3–1–3–0–0–3–1–3-  
D–2–0–0–0–0–0–0–2-  
G–0–2–4–2–0–4–2–0-  
A–0–3–5–2–0–2–3–0-  
D–0–0–0–0–0–0–0–0-