Song · Drop D tuning

Everlong — Foo Fighters

Drop D exists for exactly this: tune the low string down a whole step to D, and every power chord on the bottom three strings becomes a single finger laid flat across one fret — no more two-finger power-chord shape to drag up and down the neck.

The anthemic chorus rides four of these one-finger shapes: B5, G5, a D5 that keeps a G note under it, then A5. Simple to fret, all the impact.

This is the chorus progression as commonly transcribed — the verse and intro use a separate melodic riff not covered here. Open the progression below to hear each shape in Drop D.