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Thread #174269   Message #4227282
Posted By: Robert B. Waltz
17-Aug-25 - 07:29 PM
Thread Name: Chord Req: Lizzie Lindsay in DADGAD tuning
Subject: RE: Chord Req: Lizzie Lindsay in DADGAD tuning
I'm not sure what your question is, so I'll answer two questions. :-)

In D positions (a very high key, which presumably explains the capoing, the chord pattern for Lizie Lindsay as I learned it is


         D
Will ye gang tae the Hielands, Lizie Lindsay?
                                  G
Will ye gang tae the Hielands wi' me?
         D
Will ye gang tae the Hielands, Lizie Lindsay?
    G            A          D
My bride and my darlin' tae be?


The basic DADGAD chords are D, G, and A, which are made as follows (frets counting from the low D string to the high D string)

D: 000200 or 004200 (you will want the second form to be able to play F# notes)

G: 020020

A: x0220x or x02242

Incidentally, there is a thing called a third hand capo which capos only the second, third, and fourth strings. Put it on the second fret and it gives you (almost) the equivalent of a DADGAD-tuned instrument only with a base note of E: EBEABE. Since you're capoing anyway, you could put a normal capo on the third fret and the third hand capo on the fifth fret and not have to re-tune. With the third hand capo, the chords for DADGAD/EABEBE as it works in the key of E are

E: 000200 or 004200

A: Play as if it were a G chord: 320003

B: x0220x

I hope that helps.