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The Top 50 Guitar Riffs Of All Time: 25-1
Find out what tops the poll!
The MusicRadar Team, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 12:01 am UTC
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Sad But True
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Johnny B Goode
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Whole Lotta Rosie
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Purple Haze
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Paperback Writer
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Beat It
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Black Dog
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Iron Man
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Heartbreaker
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Highway To Hell
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Seven Nation Army
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You Really Got Me
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Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
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Plug In Baby
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Paranoid
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(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
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Day Tripper
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Enter Sandman
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Back In Black
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Layla
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Smoke On The Water
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Whole Lotta Love
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Sweet Child O' Mine
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Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
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