3 Doors Down
The Road I'm On


as transcribed by Ken Visger


legend:
/     slide up
\     slide down
~     vibrato
h     hammer on
p     pull off
b     bend
r     bend release
p.m.  palm mute
p.h.  pinch harmonic
a.h.  artifical harmonic
x     muted (percussionary sound)

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----------------1p0-------------------------
--------------------0-----2--0--------------
------2-------------------2--2--------------
----2-------2----------0-----3----2h3p2p0---
-0-------3----------------------------------

                          "she said life's a lot to
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---------------1p0-----0---------------------
--------------------0--2---------------------
------2----------------2---------------------
----2-------2----------0---------------------
-0-------3-----------------------------------

1. think about sometimes"
2. move in sometimes
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------1p0----------1----------------------------1p0----------1------
--------------------0-----2--0--------------------------------0-----2--0------
------2-------------------2--2-------------------2------------------2--2------
----2-------2----------0-----3-----------------2-------2---------0-----3------
-0-------3----------------------------------0-------3-------------------------

                                                                   (2nd time through)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------1p0----------1-----------------------------1p0----0------------
-------------------0-----2--0---------------------------------0--2---5---5----
------2------------------2--2--------------------2---------------2---5---5----
----2-------2---------0-----3----2h3p2p0-------2-------2---------0---3-x-3-x--
-0-------3----------------------------------0-------3------------------0---0--
                                                                      pm  pm  

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------9--9-----7------7------5---5----2----------
-2------5----5------7------10---10------9--9-----7------7------5---5----2----------
-2--x-x-5----5--x-x-7--x-x-10---10--x-x-7--7---x-5--x-x-5--x-x-3---3--x-0----------
-0--x-x-3----3--x-x-5--x-x-8----8---x-x--------x----x-x----x-x--------x----3-3/5\3-

                                                               "He said lifes a lot to
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------7----7-------------------------9--9-----7------7------5---5----2-----------
-2------7----7------5-----7---5-7-5----9--9-----7------7------5---5----2-----------
-2--x-x-5----5--x-x-5---x-7---5-7-5----7--7---x-5--x-x-5--x-x-3---3--x-0-----------
-0--x-x---------x-x-3---x-5---3-5-3-----------x----x-x----x-x--------x-------------
                                                              ^ hold here on 1st time through

play this part to end above riff      ---------------------------------------------
just before entering the solo         ---------------------------------------------
                                      -9--9-----7------7--------5---5-----2---2----
                                      -9--9-----7------7--------5---5-----2---2----
                                      -7--7---x-5--x-x-5--x-x-x-3-x-3---x-0-x-0----
                                      --------x----x-x----x-x-x---x-----x---x------



solo background riff
play repeatedly
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--------7---7-------------------------9--9-----7------7------5---5----2------------
-2------7---7------5-----7---5-7-5----9--9-----7------7------5---5----2------------
-2--x-x-5---5--x-x-5---x-7---5-7-5----7--7---x-5--x-x-5--x-x-3---3--x-0------------
-0--x-x--------x-x-3---x-5---3-5-3-----------x----x-x----x-x--------x----3-3/5\3---

• the road im on (2)
• the road im on (3)