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revised guitar tunings to some of the songs of wage war according to ultimate-guitar tabs

guitar tunings wage war

revising some ultimate-guitar.com tabs of the band wage war

official statement on reddit AMA: Drop A#, sometimes top string to G (3 steps down)

note: top string F in johnny cash is 5 steps lower than A#, 2 steps lower than G

all meaningful tunings

Strings C Standard Drop A# Drop A# with low G Drop A# with low F
1st C C C C
2nd G G G G
3rd D# D# D# D#
4th A# A# A# A#
5th F F F F
6th C A# G (3 steps from A#) F (5 steps from A#)

johnny cash (tab from ultimate-guitar.com)

  • probably correct tuning
  • Drop A# for regular guitars
  • Drop A# with low F for rhythm guitar

the river (tab from ultimate-guitar.com)

  • probably wrong tuning
  • Drop G
Strings Drop G
1st A
2nd E
3rd C
4th G
5th D
6th G

stitch (tab from ultimate-guitar.com)

  • probably correct tuning

  • Drop A#

  • using pedal live for super low Drop F

    • G standard with 6th string to F
Strings Super low Drop F
1st G
2nd D
3rd A#
4th F
5th C
6th F

witness (tab from ultimate-guitar.com)

  • probably correct tuning
  • Drop A# with low G

youngblood (tab from ultimate-guitar.com)

  • probably correct tuning
  • Drop A#

don't let me fade away (tab from ultimate-guitar.com)

  • probably wrong tuning
  • Drop G#
    • A# standard with dropped 6th string
Strings Drop G#
1st A#
2nd F
3rd C#
4th G#
5th D#
6th G#

southbound (tab from ultimate-guitar.com)

  • probably wrong tuning
  • Drop G
    • A standard with dropped 6th string
Strings Drop G
1st A
2nd E
3rd C
4th G
5th D
6th G
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