Hoping Machine in standard tuning (elegantly shabby!)

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i can even tell from the side that i am correct....thanks, sturg.

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after investigation last night, i'm here to validate my open tuning theory.

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Sounds close enough for me, man...Thanks for the time to hammer this one out.

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el caballo loco wrote:Double Drop D tuning

Lots of whiskey
actually think its in jay's open c......cgcgcd....i'll check my theory tonight.

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I had a feeling it was Double Drop D. Problem is that, frankly, I'm not a smart enough musician to know what the hell to do once I get it in that tuning...

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Double Drop D tuning

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Hoping Machine in standard tuning (elegantly shabby!)

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SUGGESTIONS WELCOME!!

As we know, Jay recorded this song in an alternate tuning. This is as close as I could come to translating the song into standard tuning, and I think it sounds quite nice (though far from perfect). Please pay close attention to the chord fingerings, as they are all slight variations on the standard major chords and require that you really hit the bass notes – my effort to come as close as possible to reproducing the heavy bass sound of the alternate tuning. Again, SUGGESTIONS WELCOME!


Chords used:

[F]: x-3-3-2-1-x
[C]: 3-3-2-0-1-x
[G]: 3-2-0-0-0-x
[F*]: 1-3-3-2-1-1 (bar chord)


Intro**: [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C]
**(Though it’s far from perfect, I mimic Jay’s hammers and slides in the intro by hammering the 3rd string on the 2nd fret on the very first strum and then, in making the transition from the [F] to the [C], hammering the 4th string on the 2nd fret and then striking it open before hitting the [C] chord. Listen and play around with it to see what I mean.)


[F] Don’t let anything knock your [C] props out from under you
[F] Always keep your mind clear, let your [C] plans come out of mistakes
[F] These are the plans that [C] nothing can tear down
[F] Made out of things that have already [C] been torn down

[F*] Whatever you do and wherever [C] you go
[F*] Don’t lose your grip on life, and that [C] means
[G] Don’t let any earthly calamity [F*] knock your dreamer and your hoping [C] machine

(Intro chords again): [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C]

[F] Music is the language of the [C] mind that travels
[F] It carries the key to the laws [C] of time and space
[F] Lonesome train whistling down the [C] silent wail of wind
[F] Life is the sound, creation has [C] been a song

[F*] Whatever you do and wherever [C] you go
[F*] Don’t lose your grip on life, and that [C] means
[G] Don’t let any earthly calamity [F*] knock your dreamer and your hoping [C] machine

Out of [G] order
Out of [F*] order
Out of [C] order

Out of [G] order
Out of [F*] order
Out of [C] order

[F] Be quick to manufacture new [C] schemes and ideas
[F] Faster than any turn of [C] tide can wash you out
[F] The word is the music and the [C] people are the song
[F] Tomorrow’s chances feel like a singing [C] god

[F*] Whatever you do and wherever [C] you go
[F*] Don’t lose your grip on life, and that [C] means
[G] Don’t let any earthly calamity [F*] knock your dreamer and your hoping [C] machine

Out of [G] order
Out of [F*] order
Out of [C] order

Out of [G] order
Out of [F*] order
Out of [C] order

Out of [G] order
Out of [F*] order
Out of [C] order

Out of [G] order
Out of [F*] order
Out of [C] order

(Intro chords to finish): [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C]


Tim in Chapel Hill

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