hey. i finally got my shit together and did it. i must have tried about 8 different tunings and finally ended up with a rather simple one. i don't know where i got that ACEGCD thing... it must have been something i was writing in and i wrote it down by my list of ackerman tunings instead of my list. Anyway here it is. btw, i'm mailing you this with the understanding that you won't redistribute it in any form (electronic, paper, etc.) I hope you're kool with that. The Opening of Doors first track off The Opening of Doors tuning: DADGAD low to high capo 3th fret i am of the opinion that he's tuned up a minor third, rather than using a capo because of the tone of the strings, but i don't think my G could handle Bb, so i would use a capo if i were you. D----|------------------------0----------| A--3-|--3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-------3-3--| G----|.---0-------0-------0-------0-----.| D----|.-2-------2-------3-------3-------.| A----|-----------------------------------| D----|-----------------------------------| after a repeat or two, replace the last "segment" above with: D--------------------------0-0h2-----0- A------3-0-0h2---3-2-----3---------3--- G----0---------0-------0---------0----- D--3-------2---------2-------3--------- A-------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------- sometimes that last 0 (D) is a 2 (E) D--------0----------| A------3-------3-3--| G----0-------0-----.| D--3-------3-------.| A-------------------| D-------------------| above is the "turn around" to get back to the original riff. A B D--7-7-----7-|-5---5---|-----3\2-------7-7-----7-|-5-------|-----0h2-3------ A--------8---|-------7-|-3/5-----3-3-0-------8---|-----5h7-|------------3-0- G------5-----|---7-----|-------------------5-----|---5-----|---0------------ D----5-------|-5-------|-0---------------5-------|-5-------|-0-------------- A------------|---------|-------------------------|---------|---------------- D------------|---------|-------------------------|---------|---------------- this either repeats or goes to the first riff but on every repeat, A is replaced with B except for the first time trough. that's pretty poorly worded let me know if you don't understand what i mean. % D----|-------3---2-0---------3---2-0---------3---2-0---------0----------| A--3-|-3---3---------3-3---3---------3-3---3---------3-3---3-------3-3--| G----|---0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------0-----.| D----|-2-------2-------3-------3-------2-------2-------3-------3-------.| A----|------------------------------------------------------------------| D----|------------------------------------------------------------------| that repeats a few times then the last 3 (C) is replaced with the folowing: fig 1 fig 2 D--5-|-5-----5-------5-5-----5-------5-|-5-----5-------5-5-----0--------- A----|-----3-------3-------3-------3---|-----3-------3-------3-------3-3- G----|---0-------0-------0-------0-----|---0-------0-------0-------0----- D----|-2-------2-------3-------3-------|-2-------2-------3-------3------- A----|---------------------------------|--------------------------------- D----|---------------------------------|--------------------------------- repeat fig 1 then d.s. al % the repeat fig 1 again and end it with fig 2 and that's it. hope you dig it. let me know if you have any questions or if you find any mistakes. keep in touch. 5x 3x D--0-----------0----|--0-2-4-5---4-5---4-2-0-0---------------|------|-------| A----------2---0----|----------------------------------------|---3--|----2--| G--0h2p0---0-------.|------------------------0h2p0-----------|---0-.|----0-.| D--------4---3-----.|--0-2-4-5-4---5-4---2-0-------4-2-0-----|-----.|------.| A----------2--------|------------------------------------0-2-|-3----|--2----| D------------3---0--|----------------------------------------|------|-------| IF THIS IS POSTED ANYWHERE ELSE, PLEASE GIVE ME CREDIT. thanks Sam Rowe riddley@godzilla.athensnet.com or riddley@mho.net http://godzilla.athensent.com/~riddley (mirrored) http://www.mho.net/riddley