| Tuning | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| G 6 | D | G | D | G | B | E | also called D Modal / 5th and 6th strings tuned down a full step |
| G 6th | G | B | E | G | B | D | |
| Open G | D | G | D | G | B | D | John Fahey - Lion |
| Dobro | G | B | D | G | B | D | also called G Major |
| almost std G | D | G | D | G | C | D | almost std G tuning w/ B tuned up to a C |
| G Wahine | D | G | d | f# | b | d | Gmaj7 / clled Gm on Fahey page? /fahey Dance of Death & Come Back Baby |
| Gsus4 | D | G | D | G | C | D | Martin Simpson - have also seen this tuning called Sawmill |
| G Minor | D | G | D | G | Bb | D | John Fahey - Dance Of Death |
| G Minor | G | Bb | D | G | Bb | D | Open'Gmin'Tuning |
| G Minor | D | G | D | G | A# | D | |
| G6 | G | B | E | G | B | D | |
| G9 | G | B | D | G | A | D | |
| Old Spanish | D | G | D | G | A | E | |
| G add11 | D | G | d | g | b | c | open G tuning w/ 1st string tuned down to C / Soundgarden-Like Suicide |
| D | G | D | E | B | D | Atkins/Reed? / looks like a G modal tuning | |
| G | D | G | B | G | B | D | same as open G tuning w/4th string tuned down to B |
| D | G | D | Gb | B | D | open G tuning w/3rd string tuned down 1/2 step | |
| ACCORDINGLY | D# | G# | D# | G# | A# | D# | Whitley |
| Gadd9 | D | G | D | G | A | D | above tuning tuned down 1/2 step- very close to open G (but with 2nd string tuned down a step) |
| D | G | D | F# | A | D | almost open G tuning Whitley tunes all strings down 1/2 step in I Forget You (below) | |
| G | D | G | B | F# | B | D | |
| AERIAL | D | G | D | F | A | C | Whitley |
| D | G | D | G | G | D | ||
| G | D | G | D | F# | B | E | sort of G |
| G | C | G | B | G | B | D | |
| G | C | G | C | G | B | D | |
| G | G | C | D | G | B | D | fahey Desperate Man Repressed / looks interesting but a bit tight on the 2 low strings |
| Horvath OpenG | G | G | D | G | B | D | Desperate Man Blues - Fahey - Chord Charts Available |
| G | D | G | C | G | B | D | |
| G | C | G | D | F# | B | D | |
| G | C | G | B | F# | B | D | |
| OPEN G Seventh | D | G | D | G | B | F | |
| G7sus4 | F | G | C | G | B | D | |
| Gaug6 | E | B | E | G | B | D# | |
| open G(see Dobro | G | B | D | G | B | D | (note: this differs from other open G tunings in that the 6th and 5th strings are different than accepted open G tuning of D G D G B D) |
| Gmaj7 | D | G | D | F | B | D |