If I Could Be Like That


This is my first tab so bear with me. This is how I taught myself to play it. It may a bit confusing at first, but play along with the song and you should do fine. The song is acoustic version of “If I Could Be Like That” by 3 Doors Down. Legend: \ = down stroke (strumming) / = up stroke (strumming) X = string not played / muted Intro [x2] e|-------3-------------0-------------0-------------0-----| B|---------3-------3-----3---------3---3---------3---3---| G|---0-------0-------2-----2-------------0-----0-------0-| D|-----0-------0-0---------------2-----------2-----------| A|-----------------------------2-----------3-------------| E|-3-------------------------0---------------------------| Verse 1 [x4] (He spent his whole life being too young…) e|-------3-------------0-------------0-------------0-----| B|---------3-------3-----3---------3---3---------3---3---| G|---0-------0-------2-----2-------------0-----0-------0-| D|-----0-------0-0---------------2-----------2-----------| A|-----------------------------2-----------3-------------| E|-3-------------------------0---------------------------| Chorus [x2] (If I could be like that…) e|-3-33333-33333-33-2-22222-22222-22-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-| B|-3-33333-33333-33-3-33333-33333-33-0-00000-00000-00-1-11111-11111-11-| G|-0-00000-00000-00-2-22222-22222-22-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-| D|-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-2-22222-22222-22-2-22222-22222-22-| A|-2-22222-22222-22-x-xxxxx-xxxxx-xx-2-22222-22222-22-3-33333-33333-33-| E|-3-33333-33333-33-x-xxxxx-xxxxx-xx-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-| \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ Post-Chorus [x2] (Now, in dreams, we run.) e|-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-3-33333-33333-33-2-22223-33333-33-| B|-1-11110-00000-00-1-11113-33333-33-3-33333-33333-33-2-22223-33333-33-| G|-2-22222-22222-22-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-4-44445-55555-55-| D|-2-22222-22222-22-2-22222-22222-22-0-00000-00000-00-4-44445-55555-55-| A|-0-00000-00000-00-3-33333-33333-33-2-22222-22222-22-2-22223-33333-33-| E|-x-xxxxx-xxxxx-xx-0-00000-00000-00-3-33333-33333-33-0-00000-00000-00-| \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ Verse 2 [x4] (She spends her days up in the north park…) e|-------3-------------0-------------0-------------0-----| B|---------3-------3-----3---------3---3---------3---3---| G|---0-------0-------2-----2-------------0-----0-------0-| D|-----0-------0-0---------------2-----------2-----------| A|-----------------------------2-----------3-------------| E|-3-------------------------0---------------------------| Chorus 2 [x2] (If I could be like that…) e|-3-33333-33333-33-2-22222-22222-22-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-| B|-3-33333-33333-33-3-33333-33333-33-0-00000-00000-00-1-11111-11111-11-| G|-0-00000-00000-00-2-22222-22222-22-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-| D|-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-2-22222-22222-22-2-22222-22222-22-| A|-2-22222-22222-22-x-xxxxx-xxxxx-xx-2-22222-22222-22-3-33333-33333-33-| E|-3-33333-33333-33-x-xxxxx-xxxxx-xx-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-| \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ Post-Chorus 2 [x2] e|-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-3-33333-33333-33-2-22223-33333-33-| B|-1-11110-00000-00-1-11113-33333-33-3-33333-33333-33-2-22223-33333-33-| G|-2-22222-22222-22-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-4-44445-55555-55-| D|-2-22222-22222-22-2-22222-22222-22-0-00000-00000-00-4-44445-55555-55-| A|-0-00000-00000-00-3-33333-33333-33-2-22222-22222-22-2-22223-33333-33-| E|-x-xxxxx-xxxxx-xx-0-00000-00000-00-3-33333-33333-33-0-00000-00000-00-| \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ Bridge [x2] (Chorus played like the intro.) Clean e|-------3-------------0-------------0-------------0-----| B|---------3-------3-----3---------3---3---------3---3---| G|---0-------0-------2-----2-------------0-----0-------0-| D|-----0-------0-0---------------2-----------2-----------| A|-----------------------------2-----------3-------------| E|-3-------------------------0---------------------------| Chorus 3 and 4 [x4] (If I could be like that…) e|-3-33333-33333-33-2-22222-22222-22-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-| B|-3-33333-33333-33-3-33333-33333-33-0-00000-00000-00-1-11111-11111-11-| G|-0-00000-00000-00-2-22222-22222-22-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-| D|-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-2-22222-22222-22-2-22222-22222-22-| A|-2-22222-22222-22-x-xxxxx-xxxxx-xx-2-22222-22222-22-3-33333-33333-33-| E|-3-33333-33333-33-x-xxxxx-xxxxx-xx-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-| \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ Outro (Falling in…) e|-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-| B|-0-00000-00000-00-1-11111-11111-11-0-00000-00000-00-1-11111-11111-11-| G|-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-| D|-2-22222-22222-22-2-22222-22222-22-2-22222-22222-22-2-22222-22222-22-| A|-2-22222-22222-22-3-33333-33333-33-2-22222-22222-22-3-33333-33333-33-| E|-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-0-00000-00000-00-| \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ \ \/\/\ \/\/\ \/ End on e|--3-- B|--3-- G|--0-- D|--0-- A|--2-- E|--3-- \ Enjoy. - JakeBoy92