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The Rolling Stones · 1965 · Studio album

The Rolling Stones No. 2 tuning.

E Standard at concert pitch (A 440). All 12 songs use it.

The Rolling Stones No. 2 album cover

Album tuning

E Standard

At concert pitch (A 440).

From tabs · not measured

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Not measured yet

TuneLit has not measured this record. The tuning comes from community sources, at concert pitch unless they say otherwise.

The second British album. Not in TuneLit's library: all its songs except I Can't Be Satisfied are also on 12 X 5 and The Rolling Stones, Now!, where they are measured (Time Is on My Side in a different version).

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. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

    E StandardFrom tabs · not measured

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  2. 2. Down Home Girl

    E StandardFrom tabs · not measured

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  3. 3. You Can't Catch Me

    E StandardFrom tabs · not measured

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  4. 4. Time Is on My Side

    E StandardFrom tabs · not measured

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  5. 5. What a Shame

    E StandardFrom tabs · not measured

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  6. 6. Grown Up Wrong

    E StandardFrom tabs · not measured

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  7. 7. Down the Road Apiece

    E StandardFrom tabs · not measured

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  8. 8. Under the Boardwalk

    E StandardFrom tabs · not measured

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  9. 9. I Can't Be Satisfied

    E StandardFrom tabs · not measured

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    Notes

    Brian Jones plays bottleneck slide; the tab is in standard tuning.

  10. 10. Pain in My Heart

    E StandardFrom tabs · not measured

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  11. 11. Off the Hook

    E StandardFrom tabs · not measured

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  12. 12. Susie Q

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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.
From tabs
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 The Rolling Stones No. 2 in?

The Rolling Stones recorded The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), from community sources. Every song uses it.