The Great Memorial Breakdown of
John Fahey Tunings Sorted By Album

 
Album

 
Cut #
Song Title

 
Tuning


Comments


V1 BJD
(Vol. 1 Blind Joe Death)


1

 
On Doing an Evil Deed Blues


Standard - EADGBE


V1 BJD


2

 
St. Louis Blues


Dropped D - DADGBE

 
V1 BJD


3

 
Poor Boy Long Ways From Home


open D - DADF#AD


 V1 BJD

 
4


Uncloudy Day

 
open D - DADF#AD


Intro tuning is DADF#AC

 
V1 BJD

 
5

 
John Henry

 
Standard

 
V1 BJD

 
6

 
In Christ There Is No
East Or West


Standard


 V1 BJD

 
7

 
The Transcendental Waterfall


Standard

 
V1 BJD

 
8


 Desperate Man Blues

 
Open G - DGDGBD

 
Used GGDGBD on Return of the Repressed

 
V1 BJD

 
9

 
Sun Gonna Shine In
My Backdoor Someday Blues

 
Standard

 
V1 BJD

 
10

 
Sligo River Blues

 
Standard

 
V1 BJD

 
11

 
I'm Gonna Do All I Can
For My Lord

 
Standard

 
V2 DCBMW
(Vol. 2 Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes)

 
1

 
John Henry Variations

 
open D - DADF#AD


  V2 DCBMW

 
2

 
The Downfall of the Adelphi
Rolling Grist Mill


 DADF#AD

 
V2 DCBMW

 
3

 
Spanish Dance

 
Standard

 
V2 DCBMW

 
4

 
Dance of the Inhabitants Of The
Palace of King Phillip XIV

 
C variant CCCGCE

 
V2 DCBMW

 
5

 
America


Double Drop D -CGCFAD

 
Drop D tuning with all strings lowered
a whole step

 
V2 DCBMW

 
6

 
Episcopal Hymn

 
Standard


V2 DCBMW

 
7

 
Sunflower River Blues

 
C - CGCGCE

 
Sun Tuning

 
V2 DCBMW

 
8

 
When The Springtime
Comes Again

 
Drop D - DADGBE

 
V2 DCBMW

 
9

 
Stompin' Tonight on the
Pennsylvania/Alabama Border

 
Standard

 
V2 DCBMW

 
10


Some Summer Day

 
Standard

 
V2 DCBMW

 
11

 
On the Beach at Waikiki

 
G - DGDGBD

 
V2 DCBMW

 
12

 
Take A Look at that Baby

 
Standard

 
V3 DOD
(Vol. 3 Dance Of Death)

 
1

 
Wine And Roses,
aka The Red Pony

 
Dm - DADFAD

 
V3 DOD

 
2

 
How Long

 
G - DGDGBD

 
V3 DOD

 
3

 
On the Banks of the Owchita

 
C - CGCGCE

 
V3 DOD

 
4

 
Worried Blues

 
G - DGDGBD

 
V3 DOD

 
5

 
What The Sun Said

 
G - DGDGBD

 
V3 DOD

 
6

 
Revelations On the Banks
of the Pawtuxent

 
G - DGDGBD

 
V3 DOD

 
7

 
Poor Boy

 
D - DADF#AD

 
V3 DOD

 
8

 
Variations On The Coocoo

 
D Modal - DADGAD

 
V3 DOD


 9

 
The Last Steam Engine Train

 
Standard

 
V3 DOD

 
10

 
Give Me Cornbread When
I'm Hungry

 
G - DGDGBD

V3 DOD

 
11

 
Country Blues

 
G - DGDGBD


This tune disappeared from later DOD's (why?)

 
V3 DOD

 
12

 
Dance Of Death

 
Gm - DGDGBbD

 
V3 DOD

 
13

 
When You Wore a Tulip…
(And I Wore A Big Red Rose)

 
Standard

 
V3 DOD

 
14

 
Daisy (Bicycle Built for Two)

 
Standard

 
V3 DOD

 
15

 
Siege Of Sevastopol

 
D - DADF#AD

 
V3 DOD

 
16

 
Steel Guitar Rag

 
D - DADF#AD

 
V4 GSBBP
(Vol. 4 The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party)

 
1

 
The Great San Bernardino
Birthday Party

 
Gm - DGDGBbD


 Some parts of collage in STD

 
V4 GSBBP

 
2

 
Knotts Berry Farm Molly

 
Standard

 
V4 GSBBP

 
3

 
Will The Circle Be Unbroken

 
Standard

 
V4 GSBBP

 
4


Guitar Excursions Into the Unknown


D Modal - DADGAD

 
V4 GSBBP

 
5

 
900 Miles

 
Drop Standard - DGCFAD

 
V4 GSBBP

 
6

 
Sail Away Ladies

 
C - CGCGCE

 
V4 GSBBP

 
7

 
Oh Come Oh Come Immanuel

 
Drop Std - DGCFAD

 
V5 Transfiguration
(Vol. 5 The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death)


1

 
Beautiful Linda Getchell

 
Standard


Duet with banjo

 
V5 Transfiguration

 
2

 
Orinda Moraga

 
D - DADF#AD

 
V5 Transfiguration

 
3

 
I am The Resurrection

 
DGDGGD


V5 Transfiguration

 
4

 
On the Sunny Side Of The Ocean

 
G - DGDGBD

 
V5 Transfiguration

 
5

 
Tell Her to Come Back Home

 
Standard

 
V5 Transfiguration

 
6

 
My Station Will Be Changed
After Awhile


 D Modal - DADGAD

 
V5 Transfiguration

 
7

 
101 Is A Hard Road To Travel

 
Standard

 
V5 Transfiguration


 8


 How Green Was My Valley

 
G - DGDGBD

 
V5 Transfiguration


 9

 
Bicycle Built For Two

 
Standard

 
V5 Transfiguration

 
10

 
The Death of the Clayton Peacock

 
G - DGDGBD

 
V5 Transfiguration

 
11

 
Brenda's Blues


 Standard

 
V5 Transfiguration

 
12

 
Southern Medley

 
C - CGCGCE

 
V5 Transfiguration

 
13

 
Come Back Baby

 
Gm - DGDGBbD


Slide w/ banjo

 
V5 Transfiguration

 
14

 
Poor Boy

 
D - DADF#AD

 
V5 Transfiguration

 
15

 
St. Patricks Hymn

 
Standard

 
V6 DHGB
(Vol. 6 Days Have
Gone By)


1

 
The Revolt of the Dyke Brigade

 
Sun Tuning [CGCGCE]

 
V6 DHGB

 
2

 
Impressions of Susan

 
Gm - DGDGBbD

 
V6 DHGB

 
3

 
Joe Kirby Blues

 
Standard

 
V6 DHGB

 
4

 
Night Train of Valhalla

 
G - DGDGBD


Key of D

 
V6 DHGB

 
5

 
Portland Cement Plant
at Monolith, Ca.

 
C - CGCGCE

 
V6 DHGB

 
6

 
A Raga Called Pat Pt. 1

 
C - CGCGCE

 
V6 DHGB

 
7

 
A Raga Called Pat Pt. 2


C - CGCGCE

 
V6 DHGB

 
8

 
My Shepherd Will Supply
My Needs

 
Standard


Key of C

 
V6 DHGB


 9

 
My Grandfather's Clock


 Standard


Key of C

 
V6 DHGB

 
10

 
Days Have Gone By

 
Drop D - DADGBE

 
V6 DHGB

 
11

 
We Would Be Building

 
Standard

 
Sibelius

 America

3

 Mark 1:15

 Double Drop D - CGCFAD


Dropped D tuning with all strings tuned down 1 whole step