And the rest of the song is just as fun, so I highly recommend that you click on the link below to dig into the full tutorial. Whether you're in your bedroom or a small rehearsal space, this riff instantly makes you feel like you're in a stadium.
I hope you've had fun with learning this classic rock'n roll riff. Next let's try this out with our backing track, so you can hear and feel it in the context of the song. Now let's practice this whole riff a few times nice and slowly. Then we'll ad the rhythm.Įven though it can be tricky to do the quick chord changes, it really is quite simple and yet extremely powerful! Just make sure you don't hit the strings too hard and that your rhythm and your muting is super tight. Take a moment to practice switching between them because it happens quite quickly in this riff. The high E-string is muted as well.įinally we have our D-chord, and all we do here is to mute the high E-string. Next up we'll grab our C-chord and release pressure on the D-string, so that becomes muted. If you wanna learn more about rock chords and general rhythm vocabulary, check out our rock course here on GuitarTricks.
I also make sure the high E-string is muted with a combination of my pinkie and my 3rd finger also laying down a little bit. I sorta lay down my 2nd finger to touch and mute the A-string. In order to do this, we'll first make sure our A-string is muted on the G-chord. Now in order to accommodate all the distortion or overdrive we're using we'll strip them down to be more like open position power chords. So I have my regular electric guitar with a basic distorted tone dialed up, and we'll be working with just 3 basic cowboy chords- G, C and D. It's built up from some very simple chords, but with a catchy rhythm and quick changing between the chords it becomes absolutely stadium worthy, when you put it all together. G C She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean D She was the best damn woman that I'd ever seen G C Had sightless eyes, tellin' me no lies D Knockin' me out with those American thighs G C Takin' more than her share, had me fightin' for air D She told me to come but I was already there G C And the walls start shakin, the earth was quakin' D My. "You Shook Me All Night Long" features one of the most recognizable rock'n roll riffs of all time. G C G D D/C Well honey you shook me all night long D/B G C G D D/C - D/B Yeah honey you shook me all night long.