Song · Open E tuning

She Talks to Angels — The Black Crowes

Tuning E B E G♯ B E Capo None Key idea the drone chord IS the tuning

Open E means the whole guitar rings a full E major chord with nothing fretted at all — the verse leans on exactly that, alternating the wide-open E against an A6/9 built a few frets up, with a B pulling the turnaround back home. Chris Robinson's recorded part uses this tuning directly (some transcriptions substitute Open D with a capo at the 2nd fret to land on the same pitches without retuning, but Open E is the tuning as played).

E→ A6/9→ E→ A6/9→ B→ E

This is the verse progression as commonly transcribed, not a note-for-note copy of any one tab — open it below to hear each real shape in Open E, including the open E chord itself.

Open E is one of the 33 free built-in tunings — open it below, no unlock needed.

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