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Tabbed by Erik Weatherwax 

LIFE OF MY OWN - as performed by Three Doors Down
==== == == ===   on the album The Better Life

Standard Tuning

*1 - Intro/Verse
E |--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G |------------------------0-|----------------------------0-----------|
D |----9-----0-------4---4-5-|----9-----0-----------------------------|
A |--7-----7-----5-----5-----|--7-----7------------9----9-------------|     
E |0-----8-------------------|0-----8-------8/10-----10---------------|
   (both of these are the same notes ... play it how you like)

E |3----2----0---|
B |--3----3----2-|
G |----2----2----|
   (litte fill in the verse -- it's an arpeggiated Dsus4 - D - Dsus2)

*2 - Chorus

   E5  G5  D5                                                                                                                           
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |--------7----------------------------------------------------------|
D |2---5---7----------------------------------------------------------|
A |2---5---5----------------------------------------------------------|
E |0---3--------------------------------------------------------------|
   (Too lazy to do rhythm -- put the guitar down if you can't get it!)

*3 - Solo (not extraordinarily difficult as solos go...)

 E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G |7/9-9-9-97-7/9--9-9-9-97-7-7-7/9-9-9-9/11-11-11-11/12-12/14-12/16|
 D |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                                                         
 E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G |1614-14-14-1412-12---1211-119-9/11-11----------12-11---9-7-9---|
 D |---------------------------------------------12-14-----------------|
 A |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                  
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |----------11h12-16-14-12-11----------------0-2---0-----------------|
D |-----12h14---------------------2-------2-4---------4-2---0-2-------|
A |12h14------------------------------4-5-----------------------------|
E |---------------------------------0---------------------------------|


E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |--------------11h12-12/16-14---12-11-------------------------------|
D |-----12h14-12--------------------------12-14-----------------------|
A |12h14--------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|


E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |--------------------------11-x-11---11-11--11-11-12---12-12-12-----|
D |14---12-12-12-14---14-14-------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------9--x-9----9--9---9--9--10---10-10-10-----|
E |12---10-10-10-12---12-12-------------------------------------------|

E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------15--------------------------------|
G |12-12-12/14-14-14---16-x-16---16-----------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------12--------------------------------|
A |10-10-10/12-12-12---14-x-14---14-----------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

This is an awesome song and I'm surprised more hasn't been heard about it.
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