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!

ABOUT GIBSON BRANDS

[heavybrett-al]

Snake and Scotty....one of the best rock guitar duo's EVER!

[leewinter]

Snake, I met you and Scotty outside 98 Rock in Tampa many years ago when you were promoting Slave to the Grind. You guys couldn’t have been any nicer. Thanks for all the years of kick ass rock back in the day.

[alexandrad-bb]

💅"Who we were and who we ARE in our spirit and in our That's why u guys had such positive messages ❤🔥🖤😺

[CRADP]

I would play the hell out of the first two Skid Row albums and learned the songs on guitar... it actually got me my first serious girlfriend in high school (she was also into hard rock and metal), plus I also ended up getting an A+ in music class.

[astagrop]

Skidrow is the best dynamic distorsion

[lishtins]

Underrated guitar duo. I wanted them todo riot act

[rockermanpre]

Remind me Snake what was the name of the singer that sung that song and broke the band on the radio for you?
Without that guy your band would have never been famous.