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50 Blues Songs in Open Tunings
R.L. Burnside
- “Miss Maybelle” – Open G
- “Poor Black Mattie” – Open G
- “Goin’ Down South” – Open G
- “See My Jumper Hanging on the Line” – Open G
- “Long Haired Doney” – Open G
The Black Keys
- “Thickfreakness” – Open G
- “I Got Mine” – Open D
- “10 A.M. Automatic” – Open G
- “Stack Shot Billy” – Open G
- “Busted” – Open C
The White Stripes
- “Death Letter” (Son House cover) – Open A
- “Seven Nation Army” – Open A (live versions)
- “Ball and Biscuit” – Open A
- “I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart” – Open G
- “Little Bird” – Open G
Muddy Waters
- “I Can’t Be Satisfied” – Open G
- “Rollin’ and Tumblin'” – Open G
- “Louisiana Blues” – Open G
- “You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had” – Open G
- “Honey Bee” – Open G
Son House
- “Death Letter” – Open G
- “Grinnin’ in Your Face” – Open G
- “Preachin’ Blues” – Open G
- “John the Revelator” – Open D
- “Levee Camp Moan” – Open G
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- “You Gotta Move” – Open D
- “Shake ‘Em on Down” – Open D
- “Kokomo Blues” – Open G
- “Write Me a Few of Your Lines” – Open G
- “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” – Open G
Bukka White
- “Fixin’ to Die Blues” – Open D
- “Aberdeen Mississippi Blues” – Open D
- “Shake ‘Em on Down” – Open D
- “Parchman Farm Blues” – Open D
- “Poor Boy Long Way From Home” – Open G
Skip James
- “Devil Got My Woman” – Open D minor
- “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues” – Open D minor
- “Cypress Grove” – Open D minor
- “I’m So Glad” – Open D minor
- “Special Rider Blues” – Open D minor
Elmore James
- “Dust My Broom” – Open D
- “The Sky Is Crying” – Open D
- “It Hurts Me Too” – Open D
- “Shake Your Moneymaker” – Open D
- “Rollin’ and Tumblin'” – Open D
Other Blues Artists
- Robert Johnson – “Cross Road Blues” – Open G
- Blind Willie Johnson – “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground” – Open D
- John Lee Hooker – “Boom Boom” – Open G
- Charlie Patton – “Spoonful Blues” – Open G
- Lightnin’ Hopkins – “Mojo Hand” – Open E
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