-
“Mama I’m Coming Home” by Ozzy Osbourne
Difficulty: Intermediate Intro Verse Pre-Chorus Complete Transcription To “Mama I’m Coming Home” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Mama I’m Coming Home” (Power Tab)
-
“Woke Up This Morning” by B.B. King
Difficulty: Intermediate Here’s a different way to play the blues! B.B. King provides us with a very playful guitar part. You can practice it along with the backing track, too. Backing Track Here is an audio track of just the bass and drums. Use it to practice the guitar part over: Video Breakdown “Woke Up This…
-
“Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley
Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate This riff is pretty standard and is in drop d tuning. In drop D tuning the low E string is tuned down one whole step to D. Below is what both parts sound like together: Chorus Bass Tab Complete Transcription To “Jailhouse Rock” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Jailhouse Rock” (Power Tab)
-
Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen
Difficulty: Intermediate Drop D Tuning This song is in drop D tuning. In drop D tuning the low E string is tuned down one whole step to D. This enables the guitarist to play power chords with a single finger. Verse In these measures, the beginning chords are the same in the slide. All you have to do…
-
Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie
Vanilla Ice became famous by sampling the bass line to this Queen song featuring a guest appearance from David Bowie. There are two guitars playing very similar parts. Here’s what both guitars sound like along with the bass line: Guitar 1 Guitar 2 Bass Guitar Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Under Pressure” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Under Pressure” (Power Tab)
-
Dance The Night Away by Van Halen
What a fantastic riff from Eddie Van Halen. It’s a great insight into the brilliance of Van Halen’s rhythmic chops. Pay special attention to the placement of the palm mutes (P.M.) as they greatly affect the sound of the riff. Complete Tab Complete Transcription To “Dance The Night Away” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Dance The Night Away”…
-
“American Woman” by The Guess Who
Difficulty: Intermediate Power Chords Used: B D E Standard Tuning Two Guitars (Both Distorted) 2/4 timing into 4/4 timing Intro The Intro and Verse 1 are completely identical, HOWEVER I want you to hear something very important. As you’ll see, the chords are standard B’s, D’s, and E’s the ENTIRE time, but they are not…
-
Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow by Frank Zappa
Difficulty: Easy This is one crazy sounding riff. Frank Zappa’s music was definitely different. This riff has 3 guitar parts. The 3rd guitar is tuned in drop D tuning. Here’s what they all sound like together: Guitar 1 Guitar 2 Guitar 3 Complete Transcription To “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow”…
-
The Dance by Garth Brooks
Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate This is a beautiful song that uses simple open chords. Instead of strumming the chords, you’ll be playing the chords as arpeggios. This might pose trouble for some, but it’s not too difficult to master. You can either fingerpick it or use you pick. If you use your pick you’ll have to…
-
Listen To The Music by The Doobie Brothers
Difficulty: Intermediate This is such a catchy song with a really interesting acoustic guitar part. Listen To The Music .txt (Chords And Lyrics Only Version) Intro This is really the overall theme of the song: There are QUITE a few times that this bar repeats, so it’s best to know it up front. Verse The verse is really…