• Song:

    Better Life

  • Artist:

    3 Doors Down

  • Album:

    The Better Life - Delux...

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

h = hammer on
b = bend
r = release
 = slide down
/ = slide up
~ = vibrato

The song's got 5 different parts to play. 


Intro/outro
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------4-------------------------------------
D ---------------------7-------------------4-------------------7-----------------
A -2-4-x-4-x-2-4-x-4-x-7-4-x-4-x-2-4-x-4-x-2-4-x-4-x-2-4-x-4-x-7-4-x-4-x-2-4-x-4-
E -0-2-x-2-x-0-2-x-2-x-5-2-x-2-x-0-2-x-2-x---2-x-2-x-0-2-x-2-x-5-2-x-2-x-0-2-x-2-


Riff 1
e ------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------------------
G -------------2---------------------------------2------------4b5r4-
D -2h4-4-4-4-2----2h4-4-4-4-4-4-2----2h4-4-4-4-2----2h4-4-4---------
A --------------------------------2-------------------------2-------
E ------------------------------------------------------------------

e ----------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------
G -------------2---------------------------------2----------------
D -2h4-4-4-4-2----2h4-4-4-4-4-4-2----2h4-4-4-4-2----2h4-4-4---0-4-
A --------------------------------2-------------------------2-----
E ----------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 2 (like Riff 1, but 1 tone lower)
e ------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------------------
G -------------0---------------------------------0------------2b3r2-
D -0h2-2-2-2-0----0h2-2-2-2-2-2-0----0h2-2-2-2-0----0h2-2-2---------
A --------------------------------0-------------------------0-------
E ------------------------------------------------------------------

e ----------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------
G -------------0---------------------------------0----------------
D -0h2-2-2-2-0----0h2-2-2-2-2-2-0----0h2-2-2-2-0----0h2-2-2-----2-
A --------------------------------0-------------------------0-3---
E ----------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 3 
Play barre-chords at position 0 , 2 , 3 , 5 and 7

F# - G - A - G - F# - E - A - B

Riff 4 (Incomplete: There are some higher notes picked as well, I can't figure them out.)
e ----------------------------
B ----------------------------
G ----------------------------
D --------------------0-------
A -------0-2-3----------3-(3)-
E -0-2-3--------0-2-3---------
Last three notes are not played when Riff 4 is played for the fourth time.
 

Solo (I think it's something like this)
e ------------------------------------------------------------------
B -14----14---------------------------------------------------------
G -14b16-14b16--12~~~~-12--------------10-10b12-10-----------------
D ---------------------------------9h12-------------12-11-9-7-9-----
A --------------------------9-9-12----------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------------------


The complete song is played like this.

Intro
Riff 1 (2x)
Riff 3 (2x)
Riff 1 (2x)
Riff 3 (2x)
Riff 2 (1x)
Riff 4 (4x) + solo 
Riff 2 (1x)
Riff 1 (1x)
Riff 3 (4x)
Outro
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