Sure, being able to play whole songs is great. But, sometimes, you just want to play a really cool riff or two to impress your friends, who don't care that you can play all 15 minutes of some epic song. So, here we go.

Rage Against the Machine - "Know Your Enemy" main riff
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|------------2---------------------5-4-2-------------2---------x-6--x-4--x-2-|
d|-2--4-4-4-2-2--4-2-4---2--4-4-4-2-5-4-2--2--4-4-4-2-2--4-2-4--x-6--x-4--x-2-|
a|-2--4-4-4-2----4-2-4---2--4-4-4-2-3-2-0--2--4-4-4-2----4-2-4--x-4--x-2--x-0-|
D|-2--4-4-4-2----4-2-4---2--4-4-4-2--------2--4-4-4-2----4-2-4----------------|

Limp Bizkit - "Counterfeit" outro riff
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
bb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
gb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
db|-----------------------------------------------------------|
ab|-----5-3-----------------------------5-3----------------7--|
Db|--0------0-5-7-0-3---0-0-0-2-3-2--0------0-5-7-0-3--0-0-0--|

deftones - "My Own Summer (Shove It)" verse riff
eb|----------------------------------------------|
bb|----------------------------------------------|
gb|----------------------------------------------|
db|----------------------------------------------|
ab|----------------------------------------------|
Db|--0--11/12--0--11/8---0-8--0-8/7--0-8/5----5--|

Skunk Anansie - "I Can Dream" main riff
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------4--------4--------4--0--0--4--0--2--0-----|
E|--2--2-----2--3-----3--3-----------------------3--|

Soundgarden - "Jesus Christ Pose" chorus
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d|---x-x-x-x-12-12--x-x-x-x-12-12--|--x-x-x-x-10-10--x-x-x-x-10-10---|
a|---x-x-x-x-12-12--x-x-x-x-12-12--|--x-x-x-x-10-10--x-x-x-x-10-10---|
D|---x-x-x-x-12-12--x-x-x-x-12-12--|--x-x-x-x-10-10--x-x-x-x-10-10---|

Grinspoon - "Champion" intro riff
e|--------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------|
g|----------5----3----------------|
d|--0-0--0--5-0--3----------------|
a|--0-0--0--3-0--1--0h3p0-----3~--|
D|--0-0--0----0-----0h3p0-3h5-----|

311 - "Down" main riff
e|------------------------------|
b|------------------------------|
g|------------------------------|
d|-7-7-7-7-7--x-5-x-5--4-4--5-5-|
a|-7-7-7-7-7--x-5-x-5--4-4--5-5-|
D|-7-7-7-7-7--x-5-x-5--4-4--5-5-|

MetallicA - "Master of Puppets" bridge
e|-----------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------6--|
a|-4-4-5-4--4-4-5--4-4--4-4-5-4--4-4-5--4--|
E|-2-2-3-2--2-2-3-------2-2-3-2--2-2-3-----|
Incidentally, Jason Newstead gives this as his favourite Metallica riff.

Cake - "The Distance" chorus riff
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------------------------|
a|----------------------0-1-2-----------------5/7-7-5----|
E|--0-0--0-0--0-0--0/3b--------0-0--0-0--0-0----------7--|

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