Crosby Tunings

DAVID CROSBY TUNINGS

In July 1988 the now defunct Frets magazine published an interview of

David Crosby. I encourage you to find a copy of it at your local library

if you can. In addition to the interview it includes a transcription of

the song Guinnevere and a list of the tunings he used. Here's the list

of tunings so that people who like songs in alternate tunings can start

figuring out some of these and hopefully post them! Additions to this

list are of course very welcome- obviously songs from his more recent

solo albums are not included here as the interview was in 1988.

TITLE TUNING GROUP/ALBUM

Eight Miles Hig Standard Byrds/5D

Games Standard C&N/Graham Nash/David Crosby

Long Time Gone Standard CSN/Crosby, Stills and Nash

Page 43 Standard C&N/Graham Nash/David Crosby

The Lee Shore Standard CSNY/Four Way Street

Triad Standard CSNY/Four Way Street*

Wooden Ships Standard CSN/Crosby, Stills and Nash

Everybody's Been Burned D A D G B E Byrds/Younger Than Yesterday

Carry Me D A D G B E C&N/Wind on the Water

Compass E B D G A D CSNY/American Dream

Deja Vu E B D G A D CSNY/Deja Vu

Guinnevere E B D G A D CSN/Crosby, Stills and Nash

Song With No Words E B D G A D Crosby/If I Could Only R...

Tracks in the Dust E B D G A D Crosby/Oh Yes I Can

Laughing D G D D A D Crosby/If I Could Only R...*

Whistling Down the Wire D G D D A D C&N/Whistling Down the Wire

Dancer D G D D A D C&N/Whistling Down the Wire

Kids and Dogs D G D D A D unreleased+

Music Is Love D A D D A D Crosby/If I Could Only R...

In My Dreams D A D D G C CSN/CSN (1977)

Naked in the Rain D A D D G C C&N/Wind on the Water

Traction in the Rain A A D G B E Crosby/If I Could Only R...

Whole Cloth A A D G B E C&N/Graham Nash/David Crosby

*= Laughing and Triad were also both done by the Byrds. Their version of

Triad is on the Box Set, and the version of Laughing is on the out of

print 1973 reunion album The Byrds.

+= Kids and Dogs apparently was done around 1970 as a duet with Jerry

Garcia. Does anyone know of a bootleg with this on it?

P.S.- the article also mentions that Bluebird by Stephen Stills is in

P.P.S.- the April 1988 issue of Frets has an article about Nick Drake

with a transcription of the song Road and lots of other good info for

guitarists interested in him.