867-5309 Jenny on C6th?

[Andy Volk]

This 80's ear worm popped into my head the other day and though Open D is likely the tuning I'd probably choose in arranging a tune like this, I wanted to see if I could do the intro on C6th.

Here are three ways to play it using both straight bar only or slants. For the Chorus, these C6th chord inversions are a bit high in register but they sounded the best. Standard guitar alone here might be the best choice. But for the chorus, while Open D has those great 2-note power chords, this is how I did it in C6th.

This song was all over the radio in the 80s but In case you were living under rock and somehow missed this classic rock ear worm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boaJCrHNRMA

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[Ken Pippus]

Not completely relevant to the current discussion, but it’s dead easy on C6 pedal steel with Emmons knee levers!

[Will Houston]

Jenny on steel, who would have thought?