Open D Chords (D A D F♯ A D)
Open D is a slide player's tuning. D A D F♯ A D, the whole guitar becomes a D chord, and a glass slide across any fret is a clean major. Dust My Broom is an open D record. No slide, no problem, you get one-finger majors up the neck.
From standard, drop the low E and high E to D, the G to F♯, and the B to A. Low to high, D A D F♯ A D.
Open D chord shapes
○ open string
× muted / not played
1–4 suggested finger
3fr shape starts at fret 3
D
0-0-0-0-0-0
G
5-5-5-5-5-5
A
7-7-7-7-7-7
C
x-3-2-1-3-x
D7
0-0-0-0-3-0
Dm
0-0-0-3-0-3
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Interactive charts
The chord charts generate these for every root in Open D.
Standard tuning
The chord library, one page per chord.
More tunings