HR guitar tunings
updated April 2008

This is an alphabetical list of all of Harvey Reid's 254 recorded guitar songs, excluding autoharp cuts which always use standard tuning. The song name is followed by the author, album number in the Woodpecker Records catalog. (sometimes they occur on more than one, an asterix denotes a re-issue of an earlier recording- without the asterix it is a different recording), then the key, the tuning, then the fret number and configuration of the capo (there is an * if there are two capos), and the instrument used. (Standard-2 means the guitar is tuned 2 frets below standard.) If there are 2 capos, there is a "+" sign (ex: 5+Open A* means a straight capo at fret 5, then a partial capo in Open A configuration above that. An N/A or a "0" capo means no capo. There may be slight errors here if the guitar was tuned a fret low for the recording, and that may not be reflected here in a few cases. More than one instrument is sometimes listed if there are multiple recordings using different arrangements with different instruments. The 6-string banjo is sometimes denoted as 6SB.)

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SONG AUTHOR ALBUM KEY TUNING CAPO INSTRUMENT
A Very Old Song H. Reid 102 112 D/Eb Standard Esus Bouzouki
A Windy Grave H. Reid 104 112 C# Standard-3 Esus 12-String
A-11 Hank Cochran 120 D Standard None 6-String
Above The Clouds H. Reid 113 D Open D None National
Across The Fjord H. Reid 114 C Standard Asus +3 6-String
Ain't No More Cane Trad. 107 F# Standard-1 0 12-String
All or Nothing H. Reid 102 106 112 F Standard 1+ Esus 6-String
Angels We Have Heard Trad. 111 119 D Standard Capo 3 6-String
Annie Laurie Trad. 109 D Dropped D 0 6-String
April Rain H. Reid 104 D Standard-2 Esus 12-String
Aragon Mill Si Kahn 113 D-F Standard 2 6-String
Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch Trad. 103 112 D Standard-2 Esus 6-String
Arkansas Traveler Trad. 107 116* E Standard 0 6-String
Baby Please Don't Go Big Joe Williams 120 Bb EGDGBD Capo 3 6-String
Babylon Is Fallen Trad. 113 Bm Standard Capo 3 6-String
Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem A Phipps 119 F# Standard Capo 4 6-String
Bill Bailey Trad. 109 110* C Standard 0 6-String
Billy Gray N. Blake 118 Eb Open C N/A 6-String
Blind Fiddler Trad. 107 122 Standard ? 6-string Banjo
Blue Bells of Scotland Trad. 109 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Bonaparte Crossing The Rhine Trad. 110 D Open D Esus 12-String banjo
Bound for the Promised Land Trad. 118 120 D DADGAD None 6-String*
Boys From Bluehill Trad. 110 D Standard 5+Esus* 6-String
Bright Morning Stars Trad. 120 D Standard Capo 7 6-String
Buffalo Gals Trad. 109 C Standard 2 6-String
Buffalo Skinners Trad. 120 Bbm Standard Capo 1 6-String
California Blues J. Rodgers 106 C Standard 0 6-String
Call Me the Breeze JJ Cale 116 Eb-F Open E Capo 2 National
Can't Let Go R. Weeks 118 A Standard Capo 5 + Esus 6-string banjo
Canal Street Strut H. Reid 105 110 A Standard 2 6-String
Candlelight H. Reid 104 116* A Standard-4 0 12-String
Chanoyu H. Reid 106 110 F# Standard 2+ Esus @ 4* 6-String banjo
Christ Was Born In Bethlehem Trad. 119 E Standard Esus 6-String
Church Bells J. Andersen 118 C# Asus Asus 6-String
Cindy/Cripple Creek Trad. 105 106 110 112 A Standard 5+ Esus* 6-String
Circles H. Reid 108 116* Eb Dropped D-1 2 6-String
Clyde J.J. Cale 112 120 E Standard None National
Cocaine Blues Trad. 112 D Standard 2 6-String
Come All Ye Faithful PD 119 F Standard 2 6-String (C)
Crossing The Badlands H. Reid 108 116* Gm Standard 0 Mandolin
Crying Shame H. Reid 102 106 112 Eb Open Eb 0 National
Dance- The Storm is Over H. Reid 104 F# Standard-3 Open A 12-String
Danny Boy Trad. 106 109 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Danville Girl Trad. 107 D Standard 3 6-String
Daybreak in Dublin H. Reid 105 D Standard-2 Esus 6-String
Delia Trad. 112 Eb Open Eb None National
Dirty Dish Rag H. Reid 101 105 D Standard 2 6-String
Down By The Riverside Trad. 109 Eb Open Eb 0 National
Dreamer or Believer H. Reid 102 106 112 116* E Standard Esus 6-String
Duncan and Brady Trad. 107 112 Eb Open Eb 0 National
Dying A Little H. Reid 106 E Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Elves and the Shoemaker H. Reid 101 105* G Standard 2 6-String
Farewell to Tarwaithe Trad. 101 E Standard middle 4 @2 6-String
Farewell to the Gold P. Metsers 113 E Open D None 6-String
Farewell To Vikedal H. Reid 114 C Standard Asus +3 6-String
Farther Along Trad. 115 F Standard Esus 6-String
Feelin' Alright Dave Mason 120 E Standard None 6-String
Feeling Lowdown Trad. 116 Eb-F Open E N/A National
First Christmas Away From Home S. Rogers 119 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Fisher's Hornpipe Trad. 103 112 116 D Standard 0 Mandolin
Five Cent Cigar H. Reid 108 112 116* C Standard 0 6-String
Flowers of Edinburgh Trad. 104 106* E-G Standard 0 Mandolin
Flüf's Vacation H. Reid 114 Eb Open Eb 0 National
For Whom the Bell Tolls H. Reid 101 105 E Standard 0 6-String
Fourth Of July P. Droge 115 Eb Standard Esus +1 6-String
Frankie & Johnnie Trad. 107 C-D Standard 2 6-String
French Quarter Concerto H. Reid 114 D Standard Capo 2 6-String
Für Elise *Beethoven 105 Em Open Eb E minus 6-String
Ghost of Casey Jones H. Reid 101 Eb Open Eb 0 National
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Trad. 111 Em Standard-2 Esus 6-String
Golden Rule H. Reid 108 Eb Dropped D-1 2 6-String
Good King Wenceslas Trad. 111 F# Standard-1 3+ Esus* 6-String
Good Old Days Blues H. Reid 108 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Gospel Medley Trad. 116 Eb Open Eb N/A National
Grandfathers Clock Trad. 109 F Standard 5 6-String
Gray Man H. Reid 108 Ab Standard Esus 6-String
Guide Me H. Reid 103 D Dropped D 0 6-String
Hard Times Come Again No More *S. Foster 109 C# Standard-3 Esus 12-String
Hark the Herald Trad. 111 D Standard 2 6-String
Highwire Hornpipe H. Reid 105 C# Standard-3 Esus 12-String
Home Again H. Reid 115 A Standard N/A Mandocello
Honky Tonkin' Hank Williams 120 E Standard None 6-String
How Can I Keep From Singing? Trad. 112 119 Eb/D Standard-1 Esus 6-String
How In This World H. Reid 108 F Standard 3 6-String
Hunter's Moon H. Reid 103 Dm Standard-2 Esus 6-String
I Have Finally Found A Home H. Reid 113 B E A D G C E Asus +2 6-String
I Love You A Thousand Ways Lefty Frizzell 120 F Standard None 6-String
I Saw Three Ships Trad. 119 F/C Standard 5 6-String
I Will Learn to Love You H. Reid 102 D Standard-2 Esus 12-String
I'll Fly Away Trad. 101 118 D Standard-3 2 6-String
I'll Go Stepping Too Tom James/Jerry Organ 120 E Standard Capo 3 6-String
I've Been Everywhere G. Mack 116 G Standard 0 6-String
Irish Washerwoman Trad. 101 G Standard 2 6-String
It's A Banjo Playing H. Reid 113 116 B Standard Capo 2 6-String
Jack O' Diamonds Blues Trad. 118 120 A Standard Open A Mandolin*
Jambalaya Hank Williams 120 C Standard Capo 3 6-String
Jesse James Trad. 109 110* D Standard 5+ Open A* 6-String Banjo
Jimmy in the Swamp Trad. 105 A Standard 2 6-String
Jingle Bells Trad. 111 D Standard 2 6-String
John Barleycorn Trad. 112 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
John Henry Trad. 107 121 120 G Standard None National
Johnny the Fisherman H. Reid 102 106* C/G Standard-2 Half Open A 12-String
Joshua Fit The Battle Trad. 120 Am Standard None 6-String
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed & Burning W. Johnson 118 D Open D 0 National
Kentucky Karl Davis 120 A Standard None 6-String
Le Petit Rien F. Couperin 101 C Standard 2 6-String
Life Is Like A Mt Railroad Trad. 114 D Open D none National
Like An Orphan Child H. Reid 108 D Standard 7 6-String
Lindsay Road H. Reid 113 E Standard Capo 2 Bouzouki
Listen to the Mockingbird Trad. 106 109 116 C-Eb Standard 4 6-String
Little Drummer Boy Trad. 111 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Little Town Of Bethlehem Trad. 119 E Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Lonesome As Can Be H. Reid 116 467 E Standard 5 6-String
Lord Inchiquin O'Carolan 116 Esus Standard Esus +1 6-String Banjo
Losers In Love H. Reid 118 A Standard N/A 6-String
Louis Collins Trad. 118 E Open D N/A 6-string banjo
Louisiana Love B. Monroe 112 E Standard 2 6-String
Love Like Lightning H. Reid 108 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Macallan's Jig H. Reid 113 E Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Maggots in the Sheepshide Trad. 104 106* 112 D Standard 0 Mandolin
Magnolia Promenade H. Reid 113 C Standard None 6-String
Matchbox Blues Lemon Jefferson 116 Eb-E Open Eb 0 National
Memphis Chuck Berry 120 E Standard None 6-String
Merry Christmas Baby L. Baxter - J. Moore 119 D Open D 0
Midnight on the Water Trad. 104 C Standard-4 Esus 12-String
Minstrel Boy Trad. 109 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Minstrel Prelude H. Reid 116 106 E Standard Esus 6-String
Minstrel's Dream H. Reid 103 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Minuet in G JS Bach 101 110 116 G Standard 2 6-String
Miss the Mississippi J. Rodgers 114 G Standard-2 none 6-String
Missing A Train H. Reid 108 116* Eb Standard 0 Bouzouki
Mississippi You're On My Mind J. Winchester 115 Bb Standard 5 6-String
Mock Orange H. Reid/ D. Surette 110 D Standard none 6-string banjo
Moon River H. Mancini 105 A Standard 2 6-String
Moonshiner's Blues Harvey Reid 115 120 E Standard Esus 6-String
My Old Home on the Green Mountainside Norman Blake 120 D Standard None 6-String
O Holy Night Trad. 111 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Ode to Billie Joe B. Gentry 118 G Open D N/A National
Ode to the E Chord Harvey Reid 120 E Standard None 6-String
Off to Adventure H. Reid 104 106* 112 116* C# Standard-3 Esus 12-String
Oh Death Trad. 120 C EADGCE Capo 3 +Asus 6-String
Oh Marie C. Horning 108 112 D E-B-E-E-B-E Esus 6-String
Oh Susannah S. Foster 107 F# C#-F#-B-E-G#-C# top 5 @ 2** 12-string
Old Black Joe Trad. 109 110* A Standard 5+Esus* 6-String Banjo
Old Blue Trad. 120 D Dropped D None 6-String
Old Man at the Mill Trad. 120 B Asus Capo 2+ Asus 6-String
Old Portsmouth Town H. Reid 103 F Standard 1+ESus 6-String
Old Time Religion Trad. 109 Eb Open Eb 0 National
Once Upon A Time H. Reid 108 F Standard-4 middle 4 @2 12-String
Otto Wood Trad. 107 116* Eb Open D 0 National
Pastures of Plenty Woody Guthrie 120 C Standard Capo 5 6-String
Pegasus H. Reid 114 116* F# Standard-3 Asus 12-String
Pieces of Eight H. Reid 104 110 116* Am Standard Esus + 5 6-string banjo
Pistol Packing Mama Al Dexter 120 E Standard None 6-String
Planxty Denny H. Reid 108 G Standard 0 Bouzouki
Police Dog Blues A. Blake 112 Eb Open Eb None National
Prelude in Dm J.S. Bach 105 Dm Standard 0 6-String
Pretty Paper W. Nelson 119 F Standard Capo 5 6-String
Primitives T Bone Burnette 118 Dm Standard N/A 6-String
Racing The Storm H. Reid 114 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Railroad Bill Trad. 107 Eb Standard 3 6-String
Ramblin' Man Hank Williams 120 Am Standard None 6-String
Raspberry Reel H. Reid 102 D Standard 2 6-String
Red in the Sky- Blood on the Water H. Reid 108 112 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Red River Valley Trad. 107 D Open D 0 National
Requiem For The Last Minstrel H. Reid 114 D Standard-2 Esus 6-String
Resorting To Mystery H. Reid 116 ? Standard Open A 6-String
Restless Man H. Reid 106 Eb Open Eb 0 National
Revelations Roll Kate Long 118 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Rickett's Hornpipe Trad. 110 E-G Standard 5+Esus* 6-String
Rising Sun Blues Trad. 107 Eb Open Eb 0 National
Road To Hiram H. Reid 115 D Standard 5+ Open A 6-string banjo
Rock Island Line H. Ledbetter/J. Lomax 120 F Standard Capo 1 6-String
Rocky Road Trad. 101 E Standard Open E* 6-String
Roving Gambler Trad. 120 E Standard Drop E 6-String
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer J. Marks 111 D Standard 2 6-String
Rye Whiskey Trad. 120 E Standard Esus 6-String
Sailing In The Lowlands Trad. 105 D Standard none 6-String
Sailor's Hornpipe Trad. 110 G Standard 5 6-String Banjo
Santa Claus is Coming J Marks 111 D Standard 2 6-String
Scarborough Fair Trad. 109 Dm Open Db E minus 6-String
Shake It Loose H. Reid 108 F Open Eb 2 National
Shi Bhig Shi Mor T O'Carolan 112 D Standard 0 Bouzouki
Show Me the Road H. Reid 104 112 90502 E Standard 3 6-String
Silver Blue H. Reid 104 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Silver Midnight Moon H. Reid 113 Eb Standard-2 Esus 6-String
Sing Me A Lullaby H. Reid 112 116 D Open Eb None National
Sinner Man Trad. 120 Em Standard None 6-String
Sitting on Top of the World Trad. 110 D Open D 0 12-String Banjo
Six-Shooter Stomp H. Reid 110 B Standard 2 6-String Banjo
Skye Boat Song Trad. 114 D Standard-2 Esus 6-String
Slipped Through My Hand H. Reid 101 102 105 116 F# Standard-3 Open A 12-String
Song Of The Magi A Mitchell 119 Cm Standard 3 6-String
Spider and the Fly Jagger/Richard 112 E Standard-1 None 6-String
Spring Hill Reel Harvey Reid 118 A Standard Open A 6-String
Star Island Jig H. Reid 108 C# Standard-3 Esus 12-String
Still Life With Blues H. Reid 105 A Standard none 6-String
Suite: For the Duchess H. Reid 102 105 110 E/F Standard Esus 6-String
Summertime G Gershwin 105 112 Em Standard 0 6-String
Sunny Banks of Sweet Deliverance Trad. 116 G Standard 0 6-String
Swing Low Sweet Chariot Trad. 105 112 Eb Open Eb 0 National
Texas Rangers Trad. 107 D Standard 3 6-String
The Albatross H. Reid 101 105 116* Am Open Ab A Minus National
The Ash Grove Trad. 113 E Standard-1 Esus 6-String
The Boatman H. Reid 104 Bbm Standard Bottom4 @2 6-String
The Candlelight Carol H. Reid 119 Bm Standard 2 6-String
The Cuckoo Trad. 107 110* 120 Cm Standard Capo 3 6-string banjo
The Entertainer S Joplin 110 B Standard 2 6-String Banjo
The Far End of Summer David Francey 120 Dm Standard None 6-String
The First Noel Trad. 119 D Dropped D 0 6-String
The Fisherman L Kottke 101 105 C Standard-1 0 6-String
The Fox Trad. 107 D Standard 0 6-String
The Gaoler's Jig H. Reid 110 D Standard-2 Esus 12-String Banjo
The Good Years R Goldman 118 Bb standard 3 6-String
The Gray Man H. Reid 103 108 Ab Standard-1 Esus 6-String
The Great Pyramid H. Reid/ B. Silber 113 Dm Standard None Bouzouki
The Great Sad River H. Reid 115 D E A D G C E Asus 6-String
The Hills Of Roane County Trad. 120 F Standard Capo 3 6-String
The Hills Of Torridon H. Reid 114 D Standard-2 Esus 6-String
The Lakes of Pontchartrain Trad. 104 C Standard-3 Esus 12-String
The Lights Of Love H. Reid 116 D Standard N/A 6-String
The Lost Lullaby H. Reid 114 F Open G -2 none 12-String
The Lucky Penny H. Reid 113 116 E Standard 7 + Open A 6-string banjo
The Norway Suite H. Reid 114 C E A D G C E Asus +3 6-String
The Speyside Jig H. Reid 114 D Standard-2 Esus 6-String
The Water is Wide Trad. 107 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
The Wreck Of The Isidore H. Reid 115 Em Standard Esus 6-String
This Old Heart Of Mine H. Reid 113 116 D Standard None Bouzouki
Tijuana J.J. Cale 120 D Open D None 6-String
To the Western Wind H. Reid 104 112 116 Eb Standard-3 2+Esus* 6-String
Tom Dooley Trad. 120 G Standard None 6-String
Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down Merle Haggard 120 C Standard None 6-String
Too Old To Ride H. Reid 106 112 Eb Standard 2 6-String
Torn Screen Door D Francey 115 E Standard Esus 6-String
Tulsa Time Danny Flowers 120 C Open C None National steel
Twilight H. Reid 103 Cm Standard 2+ Bottom5 @2* 6-String
Uncloudy Day Trad. 114 D Dropped D none 6-string
Unknown Soldier H. Reid 108 110 116* D Standard 5+ Open A* 6-String
Vigilante Man W. Guthrie 106 112 Eb Open Eb None National
Waiting for the Day H. Reid 108 F Standard 3 6-String
Waltz Across Texas Quanah "Billy" Talmage 120 A Standard None 6-String
Wayfaring Stranger Trad. 109 116* Em Open D E minus 6-String
We Three Kings Trad. 119 Am Standard 2 Mandocello
Well Well Well Bob Dylan /Danny O'Ke 115 120 B DADGAD 2 + Asus Bouzouki
What A Friend We Have Trad. 105 Eb Open Eb None National
When Your Troubles Are Like Mine Tara Nevins 120 A Standard None 6-String
Where the Soul Never Dies Trad. 120 B Standard Capo 4 6-String
Wild Bill Jones Trad. 120 G Standard None 6-String
Will You Go to the Sea H. Reid 115 116* D Standard N/A Mandocello
Willie Moore Trad. 120 E Standard Esus 6-String
Willie Seton Tom Paxton 120 D Standard Capo 2 6-String
Winter Grace J Ritchie 119 Eb Standard-1 Esus 6-String
Woodchoppers Reel Trad. 105 D Standard 2 6-String
You Never Can Tell Chuck Berry 120 A Standard Capo 0 6-String

 

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