Snake Sabo - How to play "Youth Gone Wild" by Skid Row

This is how to play "Youth Gone Wild" by Skid Row, featuring the guitarist who wrote the riffs - Snake Sabo!

This is an excerpt from Riff Lords with Snake Sabo, available exclusively on Gibson TV click here: @gibsonguitar or click the related video to watch the iconic guitarist Snake Sabo break down how to play lots more Skid Row songs.

"Youth Gone Wild" is the debut single from American heavy metal band Skid Row's debut album, released in January 1989, and it's easily one of the most recognised guitar riffs in the hard rock scene. In this excerpt from Riff Lords, Snake Sabo shows you exactly how to play the song the RIGHT way, complete with the exact chords, phrasing and intricate nuances that make the song so unique.

I the full video, you can learn how to play iconic Skid Row songs such as "Makin’ A Mess," "Youth Gone Wild," "Piece of Me," "18 and Life," "I Remember You," "Monkey Business," "Psycho Love," "The Threat," "Eileen," "Swallow Me (The Real You)," and "We Are The Damned."

To play "Youth Gone Wild" by Skid Row, Snake Sabo shows you that you have to start with the chord G. Then, move to C, followed by B flat. Most people forget that there's a "weird" (as Snake puts it) harmony chord that you play briefly before returning to B flat and ending on G. The sequence of chords is G - C - B flat - (harmony chord) - B flat - G.

Check out the full Snake Sabo Riff Lords video now, and get some really cool trivia on some of the most widely known Skid Row tracks taught to you by the guitarist in Skid Row who ACTUALLY wrote the riffs: Snake Sabo!

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