Author/Artist: 3 Doors Down 
Title: So I Need You  
Album: The Better Life 
Transcribed by: Robert Greiner 
Email: Robert_rocker@hotmail.com 
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe) 


all E5?s are played by two guitars; 1st guitar plays E5;2nd guitar plays 
E5(7.fret) 

4/4 

Intro 
guitar1: E5        D5            C5        B5             play w/slight palm 
muted variations 

(first 4 bars) guitar2:  
        --3-3---3-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------| 
        --0-0---0-0---3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1---------------| 
        --0-0---0-0---2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-----------| 
        --2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-----------| 
        --2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-3-2-------| 
        --0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------3-2---| 
             
(second time) guitar2:                                                           
        
the intro solo is pretty easy so don?t wanted to tab it but  
the first chord is A as an octave chord played in the 12. fret 
I think you can figure out the rest 

Verse 

play: E5         D5            G5        A5             play w/slight palm muted 
variations 

If you ... 
and if you ... 
somthing like this (play w/slight variations)  

3 times 


guitar1:   C5           E5(7.fret)only     
guitar2: ---------------------------------------| 
         ------1----1-------3-----3-------------| 
         --------0---0--------0-----0-----------| 
         ----2-----2------2-----2---------------| 
         --3------------------------------------| 
         ---------------0-----------------------| 
or would you .. 
I cant get ... 
                                            
  C5             D5 
------------------------------| 
------1-----1-----------------| 
--------0----0------2----2----| 
----2-----2------0-----0---0--| 
--3---------------------------| 
------------------------------| 
and I will say                                                                 
               

Chorus 

guitar1: E5         D5            C5        B5             play w/slight palm 
muted variations 
oh no, I ... 
because ... 
Your imitation ... 
it's just ... 


guitar1: E5         D5            G5        A5             play w/slight palm 
muted variations 
         So I need you, so I need you, so I need you, so I need you 

Pre-Solo 
1st guitar 
--------------------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------------------| 
------------7---------------------2-2-x-2-2-2-----| 
--2---------7-------------5-------2-2-x-2-2-2-----| 
--2---------5-------------5-------0-0-0-0-0-0-----| 
--0---------5-------------3-----------------------| 


Second guitar    
--------------------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------------------| 
--4--------/7------------/9------/11---/12----\11-| 
--x---------x-------------x-------x-----x------x--| 
--2--------/5------------/7------/9----/10----\9--| 
--------------------------------------------------|  
                                                                              
I'm on my own, I'm on my own, I'm on my own 

Solo 
guitar1 plays E5 D5 G5 A5 two times 


I think he uses an octaver effect that doubles an octave below and he just play 
the G-string 

but if you haven?t got an octaver you can play it like this it?s pretty easy too 
;) 

slide all notes 
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
G----9-11-12-11-9---9-11-12-11-9---9-11-12-11-12-14-12-11-9-7------------------ 
D----x-x--x--x--x---x-x--x--x--x---x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x------------------ 
A----7-9--10-9--7---7-9--10-9--7---7-9--10-9--10-12-10-9--7-5------------------ 
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
G-----9-11-12-11-9---9-11-12-11-9---9-11-12-11-12-14-12-11-12------------------ 
D-----x-x--x--x--x---x-x--x--x--x---x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x------------------- 
A-----7-9--10-9--7---7-9--10-9--7---7-9--10-9--10-12-10-9--10------------------ 
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 


Lyrics: 

If you could step 
into my head, tell 
Me would you still know me 
If you woke up in my bed,  
Tell me then would you hold me 
Or would you simply let it lie, 
Leaving me to wonder why 
I can?t get you out of this head 
I call mine 
And I will say 
Oh no I can?t let you go, 
My little girl 
Because you?re holding up my world,  
So I need you 
Your imitation of my walk  
And the perfect way you talk 
It?s just a couple of the million things  
That I love about you 
So I need you 
So I need you 
So I need you 
So I need you 
And if I jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge,  
Tell me would you still follow me 
And if I made you mad today,  
Tell me would you love me tomorrow?  
Please 
Or would you say that you don?t care,  
And then leave me standing here 
Like the fool who is drowning in dispair  
And screamin? 
Oh no I can?t let you go, 
My little girl 
Because you?re holding up my world,  
So I need you 
Your imitation of my walk  
And the perfect way you talk 
It?s just a couple of the million 
Things that I love about you 
So I need you 
So I need you 
So I need you 
So I need you 
I?m on my own 
I?m on my own 
I?m on my own 
Oh no I can?t let you go,  
My little girl 
Because you?re holding up my world,  
So I need you 
Your imitation of my walk 
And the perfect way you talk 
It?s just a couple of the million things  
That I love about you 
So I need you 
So I need you 
So I need you 
So I need you!