Just repeat these 4 chord shapes twice and then whammy down on the open string.Ĭhorus - This is the same as the catchy riff encountered earlier, except extended. Pre-Chorus - Nice and easy bridge to the Chorus. It is interspersed with this short chord progression. Verse - Basically this is the same as the intro riff, except with more palm muted downstrokes. It involves some pull offs and simple chord changes. It's used in the song choruses, although it makes its first appearance here (before the first verse). After that, play this short repeating riff.Ĭatchy Riff - This next riff is the one that most people want to know from the song. If you don't have a whammy bar, just skip it. Changing the strings gives the 'changing gears' effect. Intro - The 'motorcycle' trick is done with a floyd rose whammy bar on the open strings shown here. Just skip the whammy intro, and on fretted notes with whammy bar just apply vibrato with your fingers instead. The guitarist Mick Mars likes his whammy bar, but you don't need one to play the song. But if you take it slowly, it's not too hard to learn. Our difficulty rating is mostly down to the speed which is required to play the song at normal speed.

However, you will still need to know the common rock technique of alternating between palm-muting / open pick strokes. This makes the song somewhat easier to learn. There are some great riffs in this song, and each is actually quite short and simple to learn.

This song is in D tuning, co if you are in standard tuning you'll need to tune each string down by 2 notes to:

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