The 12 days of riffmas: learn to play Money For Nothing by Dire Straits

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Day 4: get to grips with the riff from a Mark Knopfler classic

The 12 days of Riffmas day 4: get your riffs for free here with the ZZ Top-esque 1985 classic that became Dire Straits' most commercially successful single. 

Rob Laing
Rob Laing
Reviews Editor, GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars

Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of his waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear while making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose.

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