Open Tuning for Shawn Colvin's Cry Like an Angel? Anyone?

[jschatzle]

Hi forum, I'm new to all this. Looking for a little help with an open tuning; Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal's Cry Like An Angel. Here's a link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGvFpY3BFHM

Thanks to anyone who might provide a little help for a guitar hacker like me

Josh

[Slim Zooms]

Hi

Not absolutely certain but sounds like open G to me:
DGDGBD.

Shawn also uses a variation on this by using CGDGBD.

Hope this helps.

Slim

[jazzereh]

She may vary the tuning but from her book the tuning is open G tuning - DGDGBD with capo at the 5th

[jschatzle]

Thanks to you both; I'll give that a shot. Appreciate the quick feedback.

Josh

[jschatzle]

Originally Posted by jazzereh

She may vary the tuning but from her book the tuning is open G tuning - DGDGBD with capo at the 5th

can you tell me the chord progression she has then in her book for this tuning?

thanks!
Josh

[capefisherman]

It is definitely the G tuning, DGDGBD. If you've fooled around with that tuning before that video makes it pretty easy to see the chords and lines she's playing. Good song - and I really like her - but geez she sure does have a lot of very sad songs! Of course, more than one good songwriter has told me that writing a sad song is much easier than writing a happy one! In any case, her signature M-size Martin sure does sound great, doesn't it?

Gene

[jazzereh]

Originally Posted by jschatzle

can you tell me the chord progression she has then in her book for this tuning?

thanks!
Josh

This is the whole song since she has a few slightly different chord structures as she plays through. Hope this makes sense.

Here you go...

G | Csus2/E | Csus2 | | Gsus2 | G | Gsus2 G | Gsus2 Cadd2/G | G | Cadd2/G G | Gsus2 G | Gsus2 Cadd2/G | G | Cadd2/G G | Gsus2 G | Cadd2/G | G | Cadd2/G | G | C D5 | G | C | G | Csus2 | Am7/d G | Am7/D Em | Am7/D G | D5 C | Am7/D G/B | G Gmaj7/B C | G | C G | Gsus2 G | Cadd2/G | G | C | G | C D5 | Em | C | G | C G | Am7/D G | Am7/D Em | Am7/D G | D5 C | Am7 G/B | G Gmaj7/B C | G | | | C G | D5 | Am7 | Em | D/C C | D5 | Am7 G/B | C Em | D5 | G | Cadd2/G | G | C D5 | G | C | G | Csus2 | Am7/D G | F6/9 | Csus2/E G/D | D5 C | Am7 G/B | G Gmaj7/B C | G | | | C D5 | G | | | C G | G | Cadd2/G | G | D G| last 4 bars rpt and fade...