Open D tuning ( D A D F♯ A D ) has a wonderful sound to it. It is frequently played with capo on the second fret to get open E (apparently easier on the guitar than tuning open E). Blood on the tracks is probably my favorite Bob Dylan album and I’m pretty sure this is what fueled my fondness of open D. Could be a chicken and an egg thing, really not sure.

So with all that said here are my favorite Bob Dylan tunes to play in Open D tuning.

• Favorite Open D Bob Dylan Tunes to Play
  • Simple Twist of Fate
  • You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
  • Buckets of Rain
  • Tangled up in Blue

• Some others I’ll need to check out
  • Idiot Wind
  • Corina Corina