The Road I'm On 3 Doors Down
Em
0 2 2 0 0 0 G
3 2 0 0 0 3 Am
x 0 2 2 1 0 C
x 3 2 0 1 0G5
C5
E5VII D5
3 5 5 x x x x 3 5 5 x x x 7 9 9 x x x 5 7 7 x x
A5V
E5
A5
5 7 7 x x x 0 2 2 x x x x 0 2 2 x x
Gtr I (
E
A
D
G
B
E
) - 'Clean Elec I'Gtr II (
E
A
D
G
B
E
) - 'Clean Elec 2'Gtr III (
E
A
D
G
B
E
) - 'Dist 1'Gtr IV (
E
A
D
G
B
E
) - 'Dist 2'Gtr V (
E
A
D
G
B
E
) - 'Dist 3 (Chorus)'Intro
Moderately Q=80
4
Em
/4 G
Am
C
Gtr I
E. S
E
E. S E S S S S E
E
E
E +H|-----------------------|--------0-(0)------------|
|---------------1p0-----|----1---1-(1)------------|
|-------------------0---|----2---0-(0)------------|
|------2------0-------0-|----2---2-(2)------------|
|----2------2-----------|-0--0---3-(3)--2h3p2p0---|
|-0------3--------------|-----------------------3-|
| H. a S S S S
|
| Gtr II
| W H Q
E
E
|-----------------------|---------------------0---|
|-----------------------|---------------------0---|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
Em
E. S E G
E +S S E S S S S Am
W|---------------------------|-------||
|-------------------1p0-----|-^1----||
|-----------------------0---|-^2----||
|-------2---------0-------0-|-^2----||
|-----2---------2-----------|-^0----||
|--0------3-(3)-------------|-------||
|
| +W W
|-(0)-----------------------|-------||
|-(0)-----------------------|-^5----||
|---------------------------|-^5----||
|---------------------------|-^7----||
|---------------------------|-^7----||
|---------------------------|-------||
Verse
Em
Gtr I G
Am
C
E. S
E
E +Q E
E
E. S E
E +Q E
E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / x / / x / / / x
Gtr II
E. S
E
E. +S E S S S S E. S E
E +H|----------------------------|--------0-(0)------|
|--------------------1p0-----|----1-1-1-(1)------|
|------------------------0---|----2-2-0-(0)------|
|------2-----------2-------0-|----2-2-2-(2)------|
|----2-----------------------|-0--0-0-3-(3)------|
|-0------3-----(3)-----------|-------------------|
Em
E. S E G
E +Q E E Am
E. S E C
E +Q E
E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / x / / x / / / x
E. S
E
E. +S E S S S S E. S E
E +H|----------------------------|--------0-(0)------|
|--------------------1p0-----|----1-1-1-(1)------|
|------------------------0---|----2-2-0-(0)------|
|------2-----------2-------0-|----2-2-2-(2)------|
|----2-----------------------|-0--0-0-3-(3)------|
|-0------3-----(3)-----------|-------------------|
Em
E. S E G
E +Q E E Am
E. S E C
E +Q E
E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / x / / x / / / x
E. S
E
E. +S E S S S S E. S E
E +H|----------------------------|--------0-(0)------------|
|--------------------1p0-----|----1-1-1-(1)------------|
|------------------------0---|----2-2-0-(0)------------|
|------2-----------2-------0-|----2-2-2-(2)------------|
|----2-----------------------|-0--0-0-3-(3)--2h3p2p0---|
|-0------3-----(3)-----------|-----------------------3-|
H. a S S S S
Em
E. S E G
E +Q E E Am
W| | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / x /
E. S
E
E. +S E S S S S W|----------------------------|-------||
|--------------------1p0-----|-^1----||
|------------------------0---|-^2----||
|------2-----------2-------0-|-^2----||
|----2-----------------------|-^0----||
|-0------3-----(3)-----------|-------||
Verses 2, 3 & 4
$
Em
E. S E G
E +Q E E Am
E. S E C
E +Q E
E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / x / / x / / / x
E. S
E
E. +S E S S S S E. S E
E +H||-----------------------------|--------0-(0)------|
||o--------------------1p0-----|----1-1-1-(1)------|
||-------------------------0---|----2-2-0-(0)------|
||-------2-----------2-------0-|----2-2-2-(2)------|
||o----2-----------------------|-0--0-0-3-(3)------|
||--0------3-----(3)-----------|-------------------|
Em
E. S E G
E +Q E E Am
E. S E C
E +Q E
E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / x / / x / / / x
E. S
E
E. +S E S S S S E. S E
E +H|----------------------------|--------0-(0)--------|
|--------------------1p0-----|----1-1-1-(1)--------|
|------------------------0---|----2-2-0-(0)--------|
|------2-----------2-------0-|----2-2-2-(2)--------|
|----2-----------------------|-0--0-0-3-(3)--------|
|-0------3-----(3)-----------|---------------------|
Em
E. S E G
E +Q E E Am
E. S E C
E +Q E
E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / x / / x / / / x
E. S
E
E. +S E S S S S E. S E
E +H|----------------------------|--------0-(0)------------|
|--------------------1p0-----|----1-1-1-(1)------------|
|------------------------0---|----2-2-0-(0)------------|
|------2-----------2-------0-|----2-2-2-(2)------------|
|----2-----------------------|-0--0-0-3-(3)--2h3p2p0---|
|-0------3-----(3)-----------|-----------------------3-|
| H. a S S S S
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W W
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
Em
E. S E G
E +Q E E Am
W| | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / x /
E. S
E
E. +S E S S S S W|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------1p0-----|-^1--------------||
|-------------------------0---|-^2--------------||
|------2------------2-------0-|-^2--------------||
|----2------------------------|-^0--------------||
|-0-------3-----(3)-----------|-----------------||
|
| PM PM
| Q
E
E
B
B
E
E
E
E
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|---------5---5---------------|--5--------------||
|-----------------------------|---------5---5---||
|-----------------------------|---------5---5---||
|-----------------------------|---------3---3---||
|-----------------------------|-----------0---0-||
|
| < <
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q
E
E
H Q. Q E Q|--------12--12---------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|-12--------------||
|-----------------------------|-------5-----5---||
|-----------------------------|-------5-----5---||
|-----------------------------|-------3-----3---||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
Chorus
E5
Gtr VG5
A5
C5
PM|
Q
E
E +Q E S S E. S S S E +Q E S S|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-2--2-x-x-5-(5)--5-x-x-|
|-2--2-5-(5)--5-----|-2--2-x-x-5-(5)--5-x-x-|
|-2--2-5-(5)--5-----|-0--0-x-x-3-(3)--3-x-x-|
|-0--0-3-(3)--3-0-0-|-----------------------|
E5VII
D5
C5
A5 N.C.E. S S S E Q E S S E. S S S E +S S E S S
E
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-9--9-x-x-7-7--7-x-x-|-5--5-x-x-2-(2)-2-x-5s7s5--|
|-9--9-x-x-7-7--7-x-x-|-5--5-x-x-2-(2)-2-x-5s7s5--|
|-7--7-x-x-5-5--5-x-x-|-3--3-x-x-0-(0)-0-x-5s7s5--|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
E5VII
D5
G5
A5V G5A5G5Gtr V
E. S S S E +Q E S S E. S S S E +E
E
E
E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-9--9-x-x-7-(7)--7-7-x-|------x-x-------------|
|-9--9-x-x-7-(7)--7-7-x-|-5--5-x-x-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
|-7--7-x-x-5-(5)--5-5-x-|-5--5-x-x-7-(7)-5-7-5-|
|-----------------------|-3--3-----5-(5)-3-5-3-|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W W
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
1.
To Coda
E5VII
D5
C5
E. S S S E +Q E S S E. S S S E Q E S S
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------o||
|--9--9-x-x--7--(7)--7-7-x-|-5--5-x-x-5-5--5-5-x----||
|--9--9-x-x--7--(7)--7-7-x-|-5--5-x-x-5-5--5-5-x----||
|--7--7-x-x--5--(5)--5-5-x-|-3--3-x-x-3-3--3-3-x---o||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|
| E. S S S E +Q E S S W
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------o||
|--9--9-x-x--7--(7)--7-x-x-|-5----------------------||
|--9--9-x-x--7--(7)--7-x-x-|-5----------------------||
|--7--7-x-x--5--(5)--5-x-x-|-3---------------------o||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|
| Q. E +H W
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-12--------11-(11)--------|-9----------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------o||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
2.
C5
A5
G5
PM|E. S S S E +Q E S S Q
E
E +Q E S S|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-5--5-x-x-2-(2)---2-x-x-|-------------------|
|-5--5-x-x-2-(2)---2-x-x-|-2--2-5-(5)--5-----|
|-3--3-x-x-0-(0)---0-x-x-|-2--2-5-(5)--5-----|
|------------------------|-0--0-3-(3)--3-0-0-|
|
| Q.
E
E
E
E S S W|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-5--------2--2--2-2-x---|-------------------|
|-5--------2--2--2-2-x---|-------------------|
|-3--------0--0--0-0-x---|-------------------|
|----------------------0-|-------------------|
|
| W W
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-9----------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
A5
C5
E5VII D5
E. S S S E +Q E S S E. S S S E Q E S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-2--2-x-x-5-(5)--5-x-x-|-9--9-x-x-7-7--7-x-x---|
|-2--2-x-x-5-(5)--5-x-x-|-9--9-x-x-7-7--7-x-x---|
|-0--0-x-x-3-(3)--3-x-x-|-7--7-x-x-5-5--5-x-x---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| W W
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| W W
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
C5
A5 N.C. E5VII D5
E. S S S E +S S E S S
E
E. S S S E +Q E S S|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-5--5-x-x-2-(2)-2-x-5s7s5-|-9--9-x-x-7-(7)--7-7-x-|
|-5--5-x-x-2-(2)-2-x-5s7s5-|-9--9-x-x-7-(7)--7-7-x-|
|-3--3-x-x-0-(0)-0-x-5s7s5-|-7--7-x-x-5-(5)--5-5-x-|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
G5
A5V E5VII D5
E. S S S E +E
E
E
E
E. S S S E +Q E S S|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|------x-x-------------|-9--9-x-x-7-(7)--7-7-x--|
|-5--5-x-x-7-(7)-5-7-5-|-9--9-x-x-7-(7)--7-7-x--|
|-5--5-x-x-7-(7)-5-7-5-|-7--7-x-x-5-(5)--5-5-x--|
|-3--3-----5-(5)-3-5-3-|------------------------|
Guitar Solo
C5
A5 N.C. E5
D5
GtrGtr V
PM|
E S S E S S +S S E S S E Q
E
E +Q E S S|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|-5-5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2-5s7s2-||-------------------------|
|-5-5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2-5s7s2-||--2-----2-5-(5)---5------|
|-3-3-x-3-x-0-(0)-x-0-5s7s0-||--2-----2-5-(5)---5------|
|---------------------------||--0-----0-3-(3)---3--0-0-|
|
| Gtr IV
| W H.
E
E
|---------------------------||-12--------------12-12---|
|---------------------------||-15b17r==========15------|
|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------------|
G5 AG5AG5
E. S S S E +Q E S S
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------2-------x---x-------5--(5)----------------5--x-x---|
|-2---------------2-------x---x-------5--(5)----------------5--x-x---|
|-0---------------0-------x---x-------3--(3)----------------3--x-x---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S +S S +S S +E S +S S S
E
E
|----------------------------------------------------------12\-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----14pb16r(14)-14pb16r(14)-14pb16r(14)-14pb16r(14)p12--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------14-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5VII
D5
C5
A5
E. S S S E +Q E S S E S S E S S +S S E S S
E
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-9----9-x-x---7-(7)---7---7-x-|-5---5-x-5---x-2-(2)-x-2---5s7s2-|
|-9----9-x-x---7-(7)---7---7-x-|-5---5-x-5---x-2-(2)-x-2---5s7s2-|
|-7----7-x-x---5-(5)---5---5-x-|-3---3-x-3---x-0-(0)-x-0---5s7s0-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| ~~~
| E S S S S
Am
E
E. S S S S S S S S S S S E +S S S S S S E
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------5h7-7h9--7--7-7p5---5-|---------------------------------|
|-x--5h7-------------------7---|-7-5-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----7-5-7-5-3---(3)-5-3-0-5-3-0-|
E5VII
D5
E. S S S E +Q E S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-9--9-x--x-7---(7)----7--7---x-|
|-9--9-x--x-7---(7)----7--7---x-|
|-7--7-x--x-5---(5)----5--5---x-|
|-------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~
| Q S S S S
E
E +E S S|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-2--------------5----------/14-|
|-2---------5-7-----7-(7)-------|
|-0------/7---------------------|
G5
A5V G5
A5VG5E. S S S E +E
E
E
E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|---------------x--x---------------------|
|--5---------5--x--x--7--(7)--5--7--5----|
|--5---------5--x--x--7--(7)--5--7--5----|
|--3---------3--------5--(5)--3--5--3----|
|
| ~~~~~~~~
| S S S S S S E +E
E
E S S|----------------------------------------|
|--------12---------------------12-------|
|-12--14----12-14-12------------12-------|
|--------------------14-(14)-14----14p12-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E5VII
D5
E5VII C5
E. S S S E +Q E S S W
|---------------------------------------|---------||
|---------------------------------------|---------||
|--9----9--x-x-7---(7)----------7---7-x-|--5------||
|--9----9--x-x-7---(7)----------7---7-x-|--5------||
|--7----7--x-x-5---(5)----------5---5-x-|--3------||
|---------------------------------------|---------||
|
|
E
E
E S S S +S S S S S S S W|---------------------------------------|---------||
|---------------------------------------|---------||
|---------------------------------------|---------||
|-14-----------5-7--7b8r(7)-5---5-------|---------||
|---------/7------------------7---7-5-x-|-[7]-----||
|---------------------------------------|---------||
Outro
&
C5
A5
E5VII D5
E S S E S S +S S E S S
E
E. S S S E +Q E S S|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-5-5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2-5s7s2-||---9------9--x-x--7--(7)---7--7-x-|
|-5-5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2-5s7s2-||---9------9--x-x--7--(7)---7--7-x-|
|-3-3-x-3-x-0-(0)-x-0-5s7s0-||---7------7--x-x--5--(5)---5--5-x-|
|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|
| W S E S
E
E +Q E S S|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------||-/11--11-11-12---11-(11)--11-11---|
|---------------------------||--------------------------------x-|
|---------------------------||--/9---9--9--9---10-(10)--10-10-x-|
|---------------------------||----------------------------------|
G5
A5V G5
A5VG5E. S S S E +E
E
E
E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------------x--x-----------------|
|---5---------5--x--x--7--(7)--5--7-5-|
|---5---------5--x--x--7--(7)--5--7-5-|
|---3---------3--------5--(5)--3--5-3-|
|
| S S S S S S E +E E Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-/12--12-12-12-12-14-14-(14)-12-11---|
|-------------------------------------|
|-/10--10-10-10-10-12-12-(12)-10--9---|
|-------------------------------------|
E5VII
D5
C5
A5 N.C.E. S S S E +Q E S S E S S E S S +S S E S S
E
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-9------9--x-x--7--(7)--7-7-x-|-5---5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2---5s7s2---|
|-9------9--x-x--7--(7)--7-7-x-|-5---5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2---5s7s2---|
|-7------7--x-x--5--(5)--5-5-x-|-3---3-x-3-x-0-(0)-x-0---5s7s0---|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| S E S
E
E +Q. S S S E S E
E +S E S E S S|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-9--11-11-12---11-(11)----7-7-|-7s9---9-9-9---(9)-9---9-9-------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------x-x-|
|-7---9--9-10----9--(9)----5-5-|-5s7---7-7-7---(7)-7---7-7---x-x-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E5VII
D5
E. S S S E +Q E S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---9------9--x-x--7--(7)---7--7-x-|
|---9------9--x-x--7--(7)---7--7-x-|
|---7------7--x-x--5--(5)---5--5-x-|
|----------------------------------|
|
| S E S
E
E +Q E S S|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-/11--11-11-12---11-(11)--11-11---|
|--------------------------------x-|
|--/9---9--9--9---10-(10)--10-10-x-|
|----------------------------------|
G5
A5V G5
A5VG5 E5VII D5
E. S S S E +E
E
E
E
E. S S S E +Q E S S|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------x--x-----------------|-9------9--x-x--7--(7)--7-7-x-|
|---5---------5--x--x--7--(7)--5--7-5-|-9------9--x-x--7--(7)--7-7-x-|
|---5---------5--x--x--7--(7)--5--7-5-|-7------7--x-x--5--(5)--5-5-x-|
|---3---------3--------5--(5)--3--5-3-|------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S E +E E Q S E S
E
E +Q. S S|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-/12--12-12-12-12-14-14-(14)-12-11---|-9--11-11-12---11-(11)----7-7-|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-/10--10-10-10-10-12-12-(12)-10--9---|-7---9--9-10----9--(9)----5-5-|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
C5
A5 N.C. E5
E S S E S S +S S E S S E W
|---------------------------------|-------*|
|---------------------------------|-------*|
|-5---5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2---5s7s2---|-------*|
|-5---5-x-5-x-2-(2)-x-2---5s7s2---|--2----*|
|-3---3-x-3-x-0-(0)-x-0---5s7s0---|--2----*|
|---------------------------------|--0----*|
|
| S E S
E
E +S E S E S S W|---------------------------------|-------*|
|---------------------------------|-------*|
|-7-9---9-9-9---(9)-9---9-9-------|-/9----*|
|-----------------------------x-x-|-------*|
|-5-7---7-7-7---(7)-7---7-7---x-x-|-/7----*|
|---------------------------------|-------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
contributions:
Most popular songs 3 Doors Down
- 11 Never Will I Break
- 12 My World
- 13 Loser
- 14 Life Of My Own
- 15 Let Me Go (bass)
- 16 Let Me Go
- 17 Landing In London
- 18 Kryptonite (bass)
- 19 Kryptonite
- 20 It's Not Me