"Little Birdy" Open E tuning Slide Chord progression

Little Birdy, such a fun little song, definitely gets the trip going once the album starts similar to the climb up the first hill on a roller coaster. It segues perfectly into Tender Situation which is like the first drop down the roller coaster. That's really what the album Pure Guava is, a mushroom induced roller coaster...

Anyway,

We all know the chord progression of Little Birdy however, I can tell Dean is playing with a slide and not fingering positions in standard tuning.

I was listening to Marc Maron's interview of Aaron Freeman (Not Gene Ween) on WTF. He mentioned that when he and Dean first met, Dean would always tune in open E and use single finger positions.

This song has always had that sloppy slide sound to me and now I think I figured this out.

This made me grab a guitar, tune it to Open E and start fucking around.

Chord positions:

B (7th fret) A (5th fret) G (3rd fret) E (open or 12th fret) C ( 8th fret)

B A G Open E "Oh little birdy" verse

A C G "I saw a little birdy sing" verse

C E (can play E open or play 12) "I don't know why I want to fly try to sigh" verse

Give it a try.