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The Offspring · 2012 · Studio album

Days Go By tuning.

E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. All 12 songs use it.

Days Go By album cover

Album tuning

E Standard

At concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD.

MeasuredCommunity

Tune like thisPlay alongAll 12 songs

Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD, Japan SICP 3500−2.0 ¢A 439.512−2.8 to −0.2 ¢High
 Offset from concert pitch (A 440). Spread: the middle half of the songs, when four or more share the album's pitch. Confidence: how well the notes agree with one grid.

Before we measured, sources said: E Standard, with no pitch given (community).

At concert pitch on the CD (−2 ¢), with every song within about 7 ¢ of A 440. All the tabs are in E Standard. Dirty Magic is a re-recording of the 1992 Ignition song.

12 songs

Every song, ready to tune

Tune opens the tuner in that song's tuning, pitch included. Play along opens the song player set to that tuning, so the track plays in yours. What the labels mean

  1. 1. The Future Is Now

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  2. 2. Secrets from the Underground

    E StandardMeasured

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  3. 3. Days Go By

    E StandardMeasured

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  4. 4. Turning into You

    E StandardMeasured

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  5. 5. Hurting as One

    E StandardMeasured

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  6. 6. Cruising California (Bumpin' in My Trunk)

    E StandardMeasured

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  7. 7. All I Have Left Is You

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    TuneLit's semitone check from the audio leans toward E♭ here, but every tab says E Standard, so it stays in E. If it sounds a half step off, try E♭ Standard.

  8. 8. OC Guns

    E StandardMeasured

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  9. 9. Dirty Magic

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    A re-recording of the 1992 Ignition song; this version sits at concert pitch.

  10. 10. I Wanna Secret Family (With You)

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    TuneLit's semitone check from the audio leans toward E♭ here, but every tab says E Standard, so it stays in E. If it sounds a half step off, try E♭ Standard.

  11. 11. Dividing by Zero

    E StandardMeasured

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  12. 12. Slim Pickens Does the Right Thing and Rides the Bomb to Hell

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

What the labels mean

Measured
TuneLit measured the pitch on an original CD or LP. The tuning name still comes from the sources.
Official
The band, a member, their producer or their guitar tech said it.
Widely reported
Trusted outlets, guides and tabs agree, but the band did not say it directly.
Community
From community tabs, or from players who tune along with the record.
Disputed
Sources disagree. The likeliest setting is shown; the notes name the other one.

Each song shows one label, the strongest it has, in this order. How we measure recordings →

Questions

What tuning is Days Go By in?

The Offspring recorded Days Go By (2012) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Every song uses it.