Chords for TOP 20 RHYTHM GUITAR PARTS OF ALL TIME

Hey everybody, I'm Rick Beato and today's Everything Music.
We're gonna count down the top 20 rhythm guitar parts of all time.
When I say rhythm guitar, it could be riffs, it could be strumming.
The thing about these is that there's something really unique about them and they're all in very _ popular big _ songs.
Song number 20 is probably the most different one on the entire list and the reason it's unique is because it's actually a really weird
riff to [Bb] sing over.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] Song number 19 is unique because of the delay that is used on it, the echo.
It's using a multi-tap echo that goes between the speakers [B] and it was a huge hit in _ [Eb] 1983. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ Song number 18 is a song you probably don't know.
I put it on the list because I think you should know it.
It's in an open tuning and it's kind of an intricate [D] lick to play.
Check it out. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [B] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ Coming in at number 17, this song I actually learned last week when the guy that wrote it was sitting right in the studio and he played it for me.
[A] Check it out. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
Believe me, _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ it's not far.
[N] Song number 16 is with the guitar tuned down a whole step.
It's really kind of an odd riff even though it's on a massively big song that you all know and it has a
phenomenal melody [D] over this riff.
Here it is.
_ [G] _ Come _ as you [D] are, _ as [G] you were, _ as I [D] _
want you [G] to _ be. _
[Eb] [D] Best friend, _ best [Em] _
friend, yes I [D] _ know that [E] I'll be.
Song number 15 has [N] a really brilliant first guitar part that just winds around and
it's just so creative and I just learned it today for the first time.
[F] Here it is.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ She [F] never [Gm] stood _ there,
No matter what _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] I did,
I was never a [C] _
liar.
_ [F] [Gm] I wasn't so strong,
so money didn't [C] save.
What [Em] to say, [C] what to say.
_ _ [F] [Gm] Soon she was [C]
down,
soon he was low. _ _
_ And I thought I passed [F] [Gm] a holy _ [Bb] note.
_ [C] _ _
She had me [G] turned around.
_ [F] _
_ Coming [N] in at number 14, the writer of this song I interviewed a few months ago and I actually [E] didn't ask him about this.
_ Song but what's unique [C] about this is the way that it uses [B] harmonics in the main riff of the song.
Check it [Bb] out.
_ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [B] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [B] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [B] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [B] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [B] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [B] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [B] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [B] _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ Coming _ [F] in at number 13,
I actually also interviewed the [Eb] guy that wrote this song and what I love about this song is that it's got so many different parts
to it.
It's got a signature opening riff and the verse section has really [Dm] unique chords that are not in any other song
I've ever played.
_ _ [Dbm] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dbm] _ _ _ _ Waiting,
You know [Ab] on a Sunday _ _ [Cm] afternoon,
_ [A]
[B] For what I really see,
[Bb] Your lies,
_ _ _ _ [A] Your _ _ _ [E] lies. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Coming in at number 12, this song [N] has a very intricate guitar part.
It's got a really weird right hand part and then a lot of chords that use the thumb.
I could play it, but I'll let the guy that wrote it play it because he'll [C] play it way better.
_ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ [N] Coming in at number 11, this song is
_ _ absolutely beautiful.
It has a very weird tuning.
C-G-C-G-G-E and the melody, _
[C] _ _ amazing.
Here it is. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ I've seen the [Bb] eye of the beast, _ _
[Ab] _ Would [Eb] you cry for [Gb]
me?
_ _ [F] _ Quick _ [N] _
plug, if you want to be able to figure out songs like this by ear on one listening, you should check out my Beato Ear Trading.
It'll show you how to do that.
You can get all four of my courses for $99.
The link's in the description below.
Okay, now we're down to the top 10.
This particular song I featured in [Ab] one other top 10 video.
It's got one of the best drop D licks [Ebm] and I absolutely love [N] this song because it's actually got so many interesting licks in it.
This is just one of them.
[D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Song number nine I featured on a What Makes This Song Great about four years ago.
When I was making up this list,
it's one of the [E] first songs I put down.
This is probably the most important metal band of all time.
Here it is.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Coming in at number eight, this song is [Bb] actually the most intricate [Eb] musically of any of the songs.
Not intricate to play,
but it's the most _ harmonically diverse song in [B] the entire list.
Check [A] it out. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ Coming in at number seven, this song I [C] actually never played before today, believe it or not.
And I love this song.
I just never figured it out because a lot of songs I just like to listen to.
Check it out.
_ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ [N] Song number six is one of the most _ recognizable, iconic intro riffs, but the verse riff is even cooler and it's kind of tricky to play.
Check it out.
[Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [N] Coming in at number five, this is one of Led Zeppelin's most beautiful songs and that's saying a lot.
_ It has beautiful verse changes, _ major sevenths, minor sevenths, diminished seventh chords, and a killer riff [A] section.
Here it is.
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [F] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Eb]
Song number four was a number one song and it's got one of the most unique melodies and that [C] melody is based off the very cool riff.
To me, it was very ahead of [D] its time.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] Song number three, this is a Van Halen song.
I've never played it [Eb] before.
I love this riff.
I could have put any Van Halen riff on this [Ab] list. _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ Coming in at number two, this song is in an open G tuning.
It's one of the most fun songs to play and this is [C] made to be played in _ stadiums.
Here it is.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _
Song number four.
_ _ [N] Coming in at number one for the most unique part and _ sound of all time, this was actually a [G] pretty easy choice.
Here it is.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _
Okay, [N] that's all for now.
Let me know what you think.
If there are songs that I forgot, if there are songs that should have been a different spot in the list or should not have been. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _