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“Out To Get Me” by Guns N’ Roses

    Riff Rundown

    Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate

    Composer – Guns N’ Roses

    Where to find this song – Appetite For Destruction track #
    4

    Release Date – April 1987

    The Band:

    Axl Rose – vocals

    Slash – guitar

    Izzy Stradlin – guitar

    Duff “Rose” McKagan – bass

    Steven Adler – drums

    The Bio:

    At a time when pop was dominated by dance music and pop-metal, Guns
    N’ Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts.
    They were not nice boys; nice boys don’t play rock & roll. They
    were ugly, misogynist, and violent; they were also funny, vulnerable,
    and occasionally sensitive, as their breakthrough hit, “Sweet
    Child O’ Mine,” showed.

    Main Riff

    The overall concept of this riff isn’t too difficult. What you will
    be working with are variations of power chords. You will begin by playing
    the “D” string and the “G” string open at the same
    time. After that, you will need to barre your 1st finger over the third
    frets on the “low E” string, the “A” string, and
    the “D” string. By doing this, you are allowing yourself
    a much easier approach to the next part of the measure. After you have
    picked out the “low E” string note, and then played the other
    notes on the third frets, all you need to do now is use your 3rd and
    4th finger to play the fifth frets on the “A” string and
    the “D” string together. Notice that at the end of this measure
    you will just end it with your 1st finger on the third fret on the “low
    E” string. The third measure is also identical to this measure.

    For the second and fourth measures, you will need to play standard
    power chords. Notice that the measure opens with you playing almost
    what you played in the first measure, on different strings. Place
    your 1st finger on the third fret on the “A” string, and
    your 3rd and 4th fingers on the “D” string and the “G” string
    on the fifth frets. Then, all you have to do is move the first and
    third frets on the same strings to play the next part of the measure.
    You will wrap up this measure by playing the “D” string
    and the “G” string open once, and then using any finger
    on the third frets of the same strings. End the measure by playing
    the open strings again.

    Riff Resources

    Complete Transcription To “Out
    To Get Me” (PDF)

    Complete Transcription To “Out
    To Get Me” (Power Tab)