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Thrylan
As a footnote, also these days, to stay in good graces, everyone who posts must sign a waver saying that any current tour is the "best tour ever"...incredible! Or risk being exiled....

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kleermaker

Well Dandie, I think you have to be grateful for this detailed explanation.

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Mathijs

Stray Cat - Richards standard tuned rhythm guitar during the verses ('oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat') replaced with a much heavier open-tuned rhythm guitar


Mathijs

No, that's clearly standard tuning, naturally sounding, also because it's technically impossible to play an index finger bar mute like Keith does here with 'one finger only', you need at least two fingers (left) to support that. (no sus chords involved here)
And, most important, an open tuned guitar contains a perfect third, which isn't there were you describe the open tuning ('oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat'), be it open G, the tone b, open D, the tone f# or open E, the tone g#. You can hear the thirds in the song though, during the couplets, the b-string (in standard tuning of course). He's playing power chords during the verses, root, perfect fifth, octave using three strings. Keith's chords are neither major nor minor for that matter. At 1:25, 1:28 2:21 and 3:20 he's lifting his ring finger or changing position, the D5 into a C(5)-chord for a short moment, two or three strings at most. It also reveals the natural sound of the standard tuning. This would never happen with an open tuning in Keith's case, it would sound different... But your intuition is going in the right direction, power chords sound very heavy, especially when Keith plays it.