Welcome To The Jungle

How to play Welcome To The Jungle by Guns N' Roses on guitar

These are the sounding chords. With a capo on fret 6 you play D, Am, Dm, A, F, G and more, the shapes the player above shows.

This song is a great pick if you want something aggressive and exciting to play. It has a driving, high-energy feel that pushes you to stay tight and confident, and the riff-based movement makes it satisfying once it locks in.

Most of the chart uses barre shapes, so it asks for solid left-hand strength and clean muting. You do get a few open shapes like C, F, and A in the allowed set, but the opening progression is built around G#, D#m, G#, and G#m, so the change to watch most closely is moving smoothly between those barre chords without losing the pulse.

Start by learning the opening progression at a very slow tempo and make each chord change clean before worrying about speed. Then loop the hardest switch until it feels automatic, and only after that bring it up toward the song's tempo. Once the shapes are steady, play along with the track and focus on staying tight and controlled.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.