3 Doors Down - Be Like That

20100925:
Like for many of the songs here, I've looked at the tab(s) for this song before, but I've either only memorized parts of the tab, or only played the song while looking at the tab.
I looked at about three different sources. The most useful being the acoustic tab. My goal being to boil the song down into its key components. I think the lack of getting the key components has been a stumbling block to learning songs in the past. But recognizing the phrases helps break down the song. Otherwise, I already know how to do the fingering for I.

Later, in the afternoon (12 hours later), I sat down, and was able to play the song from memory. Breaking it down the song into little repetitive phrases really helps. The lyrics however will be hard to do, because I don't think they come in a convenient timing with the chords.

20101011:
Doing the lyrics.

Legend:
I=G D Em C
I'=Strummed I
II=Am C G G
II'=Am C G [B5 C5]
III= Em C Em C Em C G

Breakdown of Song:
Intro: Ix2

Verse: Ix4
Chors: I'x2
Bridg: II,II'

Vers2: Ix4
Chors: I'x2
Brid2: II,II'

Intro: Ix2(Strumming the last C)
Chors: I'x2
Chors: I'x2
Outro: III

Breakdown of Lyrics:
Intro: Ix2

Verse: He spends his nights in CA...
Chors: If I could be like that...
Bridg: Now in dreams we run.

Vers2: She spends her days up in the north park, (what would you do in a park, people watch of course) watching the people as they pass. (Well "ask" rhymes with "pass" and so of course what is not "too much to ask" well, "just a little piece of this dream") And all she wants is just a little piece of this dream, is that too much to ask. (What about the dream: just a safe home. In that home a warm bed. And peace and quiet, on a quiet little street) With a safe home, and a warm bed, On a quiet little street. All she wants is just that something to hold onto, that's all she needs.
Chors: (Same)
Brid2: I'm falling into this, dreams, we run away.

Intro: Ix2(Strumming the last C)
Chors: (Same)
Chors: (Same)
Outro: Falling in. I feel I am falling in, to this again.

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