The Offspring · Americana · song 5
The Kids Aren't Alright tuning.
The Kids Aren't Alright (The Offspring, 1998) is in E Standard, about 6 cents sharp (A ≈ 442), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
6 ¢ sharp
The album's value, measured on the CD: Tune moves every string +6 ¢.
The Offspring · Americana · 1998
About The Kids Aren't Alright
The Kids Aren't Alright, from Americana (1998), is in plain E Standard in the community tabs, like every song on the album except the title track, which is in Drop D.
Americana is one of three slightly sharp Offspring albums: TuneLit measured the CD about 6 cents sharp (A ≈ 441.6), and this song sits right on that value. Tune sets the tuner 6 cents up. At A 440 your guitar would sound a touch flat against the record, most ears won't call it out of tune, but you may notice it on headphones.
TuneLit's audio check could not confirm the tuning from the record alone, because the song's low notes sit on C♯, B♭ and G♯ and the open low E never sounds; the E Standard rests on the tabs. On stage the band plays it a half step lower: a live version TuneLit measured, a bonus track on the Japanese CD of Conspiracy of One, sits exactly one semitone below the studio take. For a live video, start from E♭ Standard.
Tip: Tune with the tuner rather than by ear against the record, since the open low E never rings in this song, and tap Tune for the album's +6 ¢.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, every string +6 ¢, the notes The Kids Aren't Alright was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. The Kids Aren't Alright sits 6 cents sharp on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much flat against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play The Kids Aren't Alright along with the record: its lowest open note and your String 6 should ring together without a wobble.
Or the other way round
Move the record into your tuning
Rather keep your guitar as it is? Let Play along move The Kids Aren't Alright instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in E Standard +6 ¢. Choose E Standard at A 440 and The Kids Aren't Alright moves down 6 cents, at its own speed. Slow it down or loop a few bars to learn it, and save the result as a WAV file.
Questions
What tuning is The Kids Aren't Alright in?
E Standard +6 ¢: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.