Drop D Tuning Chords (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Chord shapes voiced directly for alternate guitar tunings — not standard shapes forced onto the wrong strings. Every common chord across all 12 roots, with the tuning's open strings favored. Open any chord for its diagrams and exact frets.
Retune to Drop D (D A D G B E) and every chord grip changes — standard shapes land on the wrong notes, and the tuning's own open, ringing voicings appear in their place. This library voices the common chord vocabulary directly for Drop D: every root, from plain majors and minors to 7ths, 9ths, and suspensions, favoring shapes that use the tuning's open strings.
Pick any chord below for its diagrams, the exact frets of each voicing, and a link back to the same chord in standard tuning for comparison.