Perth
Bon Iver, "Perth"
I know that Justin Vernon tweeted this on June 1, 2011:
blobtower Justin D.E. Vernon
EBD#F#BE im pretty sure "@jackmilas: @blobtower what tuning is Perth in? :)"
1 Jun
And I realize that this is a very authoritative source. However, I personally
cannot figure out how to get Perth's guitar part out of this tuning, no matter
where I put a capo (it can be done though, jameseades posted a tab of Perth
using this tuning - I think that the recording sounds different from this
though, more relaxed).
This tuning and this guitar part sound to me like what's being played on the
recording.
Tuning (open D9): Capo fifth fret:
d g
ad
FB
EA
AD
DG
It's possible that Justin Vernon meant to say this in his tweet (he suggests
that he's not totally sure that EBD#F#BE is the right tuning):
Tuning (open E9): Capo third fret:
e g
bd
GB
FA
BD
EG
But I think open D9 will result in fewer broken strings.
Fingerings are relative to capo. Let almost all notes ring.
Main part:
g ---------------------------------------------------0------------|
d -----------------------0---------------0-----------2h4h5p4p2p0--|
B ---------0-------------0h2h3-2-------2--------------------------|
A ---------0h2-----------0-------------0--------------------------|
D --0------0------x--------------------0--------------------------|
G --0------0------2-------------4------4--------------------------|
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Variation on main part:
g -------------------------------------------------------------|
d --0-------------0-------------0--------------------0----0-0--|
B --0-------------2-------------3--------------------2----2p0--|
A --0-------------0-------------0--------------------0----0-0--|
D --0-------------0-------------0--------------------0----0-0--|
G --0-------------2-------------4--------------------2----2p0--|
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Loud part (starting at 2:32, rhythm not shown):
g ------------------------------------------|
d --0------0------0------0--0----------0----|
B --8------3------7------2--0----------0----|
A --9------4------x------0--0----------0h2--|
D --9------4------7-------------0------0----|
G --9------4------7-------------0------0----|