From MTAYLOR@ROMEO.CALTECH.EDU Thu Apr 20 22:39:20 1995
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 16:09:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: MTAYLOR@ROMEO.CALTECH.EDU
To: wilcox-list@hubcap.clemson.edu
Subject: Wilcox Alternative Tunings



	I noticed on the FAQ list that some of the alternative
tunings were missing. The following is the complete list for
his last three albums as printed along with an interview
with DW in "Acoustic Guitar" magazine (Nov-Dec, #27, 1994).



"How Did You Find Me Here:"
 1) Eye of the Hurricane (C-G-C-G-C-E, capo 3rd fre
-G#-C# or DADGAD)
 2) Language of the Heart (C#-G#-C#-F#-G#-C# or DADGAD) 3)
 3) Rusty Old American Dream (C-G-C-G-C-E, capo 2nd,
	move to 3rd fret for last verse)
 4) How Did You Find Me Here (D-A-D-E-A-D, capo 4th fret)
 5) Leave It Like It 
Is (Standard E-A-D-G-B-E, capo 4th
	fret)
 6) Saturday They'll All Be Back Again (Standard
	E-A-D-G-B-E, capo 4th fret)
 7) Jamie's Secret (D-A-D-G-B-E)
 8) It's Almost Time (C-G-D-G-B-D, capo 1st fr
et)
 9) Just a Vehicle (C-G-D-G-B-D)
10) Common as the Rain (D-A-D-G-B-E)
11) The Kid (C-G-D-G-B-D, capo 1st fret)

"Home Again (For the First Time):"
 1) Burgundy Heart-Shaped Medallion (E-A-C#-
E-A-C)
 2) Farther to Fall (D-A-D-G-A-D)
 3) (You Were) Going Somewhere (D-A-D-G-B-E)
 4) Wildberry Pie (D-A-D-F#-A-D)
 5) Let Them In (Even Wilcox does't recall this one.
	Our best guess is C-G-C-G-C-D)
 6) Distant Water (C-G-D-G-B-D)
 7) Top of the Roller Coaster (Eb-A-C#-E-A-B,
	partial capo 4th fret, strings 1-5)
 8) Covert War (C-G-D-G-A-D, full capo 1st fret,
	partial capo 6th fret, strings 1-5)
 9) Advertising Man (Standard E-A-D-G-B-E)

10) Last Chance Waltz (D-A-D-G-B-E)
11) She's just Dancing (Eb-A-C#-E-A-B, full capo 2nd fret,
	partial capo 6th fret, strings 1-5)
12) Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song (C-G-D-G
-A-D,
	partial capo 5th fret, strings 1-5)
13) Mighty Ocean (D-A-D-F#-A-D)

"Big Horizon:"
 1) New World (C-G-C-G-C-E, capo 5th fret)
 2) Someday Soon (G-C-G-A-C-G. Wilcox calls this "stage-two
	tuning," where the tunings get so weird that you can't
	use regular strings. The sixth string is a double-
	wound bass string that is so big he had to drill out
	the hole in the tuning peg and at the saddle. He tunes
	it to a low G, one octave lower than the lowest G on a
	standard-tuned guitar. He puts a regular sixth string
	in the fifth string slot to tune it down to C and
	replaces the regular first string with an electric
	guitar string in order to tune up to a high G.)
 3) That's What the Lonely Is For (C-G-D-F#-A-D,
	capo 2nd fret)
 4) Show the Way (C-G-C-G-C-E, capo 6th fret)
 5) Block Dog (B-F#-B-F#-B-D#)
 6) Break in the Cup (C-G-D-G-A-D, capo 3rd fret)
 7) It's the Same Old Song (C
-G-C-G-C-E)
 8) Farthest Shore (B-G-D-F#-A-D)
 9) Strong Chemistry (D-A-D-G-A-D)
10) Make It Look Easy (B-G-C-G-C-D, capo 3rd fret)
11) Please Don't Call (C-G-Eb-F-C-D)
12) Big Mistake (Standard E-A-D-G-B-E, full capo 3rd fret,
	partial capo 5th fret, strings 3-5)
13) All the Roots Grow Deeper When It's Dry (D-A-D-G-B-E)
14) Hold It Up to the Light (C-G-C-G-C-E)
15) Missing You (C-G-D-G-B-D, capo 2nd fret)


	I take no responsibility for mistakes/typo's. If
anyone notices any, feel free to post revisions.



Matt Taylor

P. S.	Thanks to Josh Pincus for posting that interview!