Time Of My Life Chords & Tabs
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TIME OF MY LIFE
As recorded by 3 Doors Down
(From the 2011 Album TIME OF MY LIFE)
Transcribed by Umar Arar | Music by Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Marti Fredriksen
Q=110
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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||o---------------------------------------|
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||----------------------------------------|
||o-----------------10-12-0-10-12-0-10--0-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
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| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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||o---------------------------------------|
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||----------------------------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-12-0-10-12-0-10-12-|
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------10-12-0-10-12-0-10-12-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
|
| ~~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-12-0-10-12-0-10-12-|
|---------------------------------------|
~~~~
+H S S S S S S S S E. E. E.E. Q
|------------------------------|------------------||
|------------------------------|-----------------o||
|------------------------------|------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------||
|-(12)----10--7-0-10-7-0-10--0-|-----------------o||
|------------------------------|-/7--5--3h5--3----||
|
| ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H S S S S S S S S E. E. E.E. E E
|------------------------------|------------------||
|------------------------------|-----------------o||
|------------------------------|------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------||
|--12-----10-12-0-12-7-0-10-12-|-----------------o||
|------------------------------|-/7--5--3h5--3-0--||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 7x
|-||-------------------------------------||
|-||o-----------------------------------o||
|-||-------------------------------------||
|-||-------------------------------------||
|-||o-----------------------------------o||
|-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--||
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 7x
|-||-------------------------------------||
|-||o-----------------------------------o||
|-||-------------------------------------||
|-||-------------------------------------||
|-||o-----------------10-7-0-10-7-0-7-7-o||
|-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------||
~~
E. E. E.E. Q E. E. H +E E. E. Q Q. E. E. H +E
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------7----(7)-|--------7----------|--------7----(7)----|
|----------------|-2------7----(7)-|-2------7----------|-2------7----(7)----|
|----------------|-2------5----(5)-|-2------5----------|-2------5----(5)----|
|-/7--5--3h5--3--|-0--3------------|-0--3------3-------|-0--3---------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E. E. E.E. Q E. S E H +E E. S E H +E E. S E H +E
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------7----(7)-|--------7------(7)-|--------7----(7)----|
|----------------|-2------7----(7)-|-2------7------(7)-|-2------7----(7)----|
|----------------|-2------5----(5)-|-2------5------(5)-|-2------5----(5)----|
|-/7--5--3h5--3--|-0--2S3----------|-0--2S3------------|-0--2S3-------------|
E. E. H +E Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q
|-----------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|-/9--9--9----(9)-|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5----4-------|
|-/9--9--9----(9)-|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2-----------|-5----4-------|
|-/7--7--7----(7)-|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2-----------|-3----2----5--|
|-----------------|---------------|-0--0-----------|-----------3--|
|
| E. E. H +E Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q
|-----------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|--9--9--9----(9)-|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5----4-------|
|--9--9--9----(9)-|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2--2----(2)-|-5----4-------|
|--7--7--7----(7)-|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2--2----(2)-|-3----2----5--|
|-----------------|---------------|-0--0--0----(0)-|-----------3--|
E. E. Q. Q Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q
|---------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|---------------|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5----4-------|
|-2--2--5----2--|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2-----------|-5----4-------|
|-2--2--5----2--|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2-----------|-3----2----5--|
|-0--0--3----0--|---------------|-0--0-----------|-----------3--|
|
| E. E. Q. Q Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q
|---------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|---------------|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5----4-------|
|-2--2--5----2--|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2--2--------|-5----4-------|
|-2--2--5----2--|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2--2--------|-3----2----5--|
|-0--0--3----0--|---------------|-0--0--0--------|-----------3--|
E. E.H +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------------------|
|------2----(2)-|---------------------------------------|
|-5--5-2----(2)-|---------------------------------------|
|-5--5-0----(0)-|-----------------10-12-0-10-12-0-10--0-|
|-3--3----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| E. E.H +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-12-0-10-12-0-10-12-|
|-3--3S5----(5)-|---------------------------------------|
~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------10-12-0-10-12-0-10-12-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
|
| ~~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-12-0-10-12-0-10-12-|
|---------------------------------------|
~~~~
+H S S S S S S S S E. E. E.E. Q
|------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|
|-(12)----10--7-0-10-7-0-10--0-|-----------------|
|------------------------------|-/7--5--3h5--3---|
|
| ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +H S S S S S S S S E. E. E.E. E E
|------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|
|-(12)----10-12-0-12-7-0-10-12-|-----------------|
|------------------------------|-/7--5--3h5--3-0-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 7x
||--------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---||
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 7x
||--------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------||
||o-----------------10-7-0-10-7-0-7-7--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------||
~~
E. E. E.E. Q E. E. H +E E. E. Q Q. E. E. H +E
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------7----(7)-|--------7----------|--------7----(7)----|
|----------------|-2------7----(7)-|-2------7----------|-2------7----(7)----|
|----------------|-2------5----(5)-|-2------5----------|-2------5----(5)----|
|-/7--5--3h5--3--|-0--3------------|-0--3------3-------|-0--3---------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E. E. E.E. Q E. S E H +E E. S E H +E E. S E H +E
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------7----(7)-|--------7------(7)-|--------7----(7)----|
|----------------|-2------7----(7)-|-2------7------(7)-|-2------7----(7)----|
|----------------|-2------5----(5)-|-2------5------(5)-|-2------5----(5)----|
|-/7--5--3h5--3--|-0--2S3----------|-0--2S3------------|-0--2S3-------------|
E. E. H +E Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q
|-----------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|-/9--9--9----(9)-|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5----4-------|
|-/9--9--9----(9)-|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2-----------|-5----4-------|
|-/7--7--7----(7)-|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2-----------|-3----2----5--|
|-----------------|---------------|-0--0-----------|-----------3--|
|
| E. E. H +E Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q
|-----------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|--9--9--9----(9)-|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5----4-------|
|--9--9--9----(9)-|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2--2----(2)-|-5----4-------|
|--7--7--7----(7)-|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2--2----(2)-|-3----2----5--|
|-----------------|---------------|-0--0--0----(0)-|-----------3--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/0-9/3_doors_down/time_of_my_life_tab.html ]
E. E. Q. Q Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q
|---------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|---------------|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5----4-------|
|-2--2--5----2--|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2-----------|-5----4-------|
|-2--2--5----2--|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2-----------|-3----2----5--|
|-0--0--3----0--|---------------|-0--0-----------|-----------3--|
|
| E. E. Q. Q Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q
|---------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|
|---------------|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5----4-------|
|-2--2--5----2--|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2--2--------|-5----4-------|
|-2--2--5----2--|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2--2--------|-3----2----5--|
|-0--0--3----0--|---------------|-0--0--0--------|-----------3--|
Q S S Q S S Q Q S S Q S S Q Q S S Q S S Q
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|
||--2------2------2--|-4------4------4--|-5------5------5--|
||--2------2------2--|-4------4------4--|-5------5------5--|
||o-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|-2--0-0-2--0-0-2--|-3--0-0-3--0-0-3--|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| Q S S Q S S Q Q S S Q S S Q Q S S Q S S Q
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|
||--2------2------2--|-4------4------4--|-5------5------5--|
||--2------2------2--|-4------4------4--|-5------5------5--|
||o-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|-2--0-0-2--0-0-2--|-3--0-0-3--0-0-3--|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|
PM| PM| ~~~~ ~~~~~
Q S S Q S S Q H. E E
|-------------------||-------------------|
|------------------o||-/12---------------|
|-7------7------7---||-----------12S14---|
|-7------7------7---||-------------------|
|-5--0-0-5--0-0-5--o||-------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------|
|
| PM| PM|
| Q S S Q S S Q W
|-------------------||-------------------|
|------------------o||-------------------|
|-7------7------7---||-------------------|
|-7------7------7---||---2---------------|
|-5--0-0-5--0-0-5--o||---2---------------|
|-------------------||---0---------------|
~~~~~~ ~~~
+H +Q Q H E Q. +H +H
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-(14)----(14)--9--|-12-----9S14----|-(14)----(14)----|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|
| +W +W +W
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--(0)-------------|-(0)------------|--(0)------------|
~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
H. E E +H +Q Q +H +E Q. +W
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|---------|
|-/12---------------|------------------|------------------|---------|
|-----------12S14---|-(14)----(14)--9--|-(9)----(9)-14----|-(14)----|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|---------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|---------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|---------|
|
| W +W +W +W
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|---------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|---------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|---------|
|---2---------------|------------------|------------------|---------|
|---2---------------|------------------|------------------|---------|
|---0---------------|--(0)-------------|-(0)--------------|--(0)----|
~~
E. E. H +E E. E. Q Q. E. E. H +E E. E. H +E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|--------7----(7)-|--------7----------|--------7----(7)-|-/9--9--9----(9)----|
|-2------7----(7)-|-2------7----------|-2------7----(7)-|-/9--9--9----(9)----|
|-2------5----(5)-|-2------5----------|-2------5----(5)-|-/7--7--7----(7)----|
|-0--3------------|-0--3------3-------|-0--3------------|--------------------|
|
| E. S E H +E E. S E H +E E. S E H +E E. E. H +E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|--------7----(7)-|--------7------(7)-|--------7----(7)-|--9--9--9----(9)----|
|-2------7----(7)-|-2------7------(7)-|-2------7----(7)-|--9--9--9----(9)----|
|-2------5----(5)-|-2------5------(5)-|-2------5----(5)-|--7--7--7----(7)----|
|-0--2S3----------|-0--2S3------------|-0--2S3----------|--------------------|
Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q E. E. Q. Q
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|---------------|
|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5----4-------|---------------|
|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2-----------|-5----4-------|-2--2--5----2--|
|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2-----------|-3----2----5--|-2--2--5----2--|
|---------------|-0--0-----------|-----------3--|-0--0--3----0--|
|
| Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q E. E. Q. Q
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|---------------|
|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5----4-------|---------------|
|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2--2--------|-5----4-------|-2--2--5----2--|
|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2--2--------|-3----2----5--|-2--2--5----2--|
|---------------|-0--0--0--------|-----------3--|-0--0--3----0--|
Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q W
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|-----------|
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|-----------|
|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5----4-------|-----------|
|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2--2--------|-5----4-------|-2---------|
|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2--2--------|-3----2----5--|-2---------|
|---------------|-0--0--0--------|-----------3--|-0---------|
|
| Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q H H
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|-----------|
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|-----------|
|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5----4-------|-----------|
|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2-----------|-5----4-------|-2---------|
|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2-----------|-3----2----5--|-2---------|
|---------------|-0--0-----------|-----------3--|-0----0----|
Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q E. E. Q. Q
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|---------------|
|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5----4-------|---------------|
|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2-----------|-5----4-------|-2--2--5----2--|
|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2-----------|-3----2----5--|-2--2--5----2--|
|---------------|-0--0-----------|-----------3--|-0--0--3----0--|
|
| Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q E. E. Q. Q
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|--------------|---------------|
|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5----4-------|---------------|
|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2--2--------|-5----4-------|-2--2--5----2--|
|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2--2--------|-3----2----5--|-2--2--5----2--|
|---------------|-0--0--0--------|-----------3--|-0--0--3----0--|
Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q E. E. H +E 3x
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|---------------||--------------------------||
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|---------------||o------------------------o||
|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5-----4-------||------------2--------(2)--||
|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2-----------|-5-----4-------||----5---5---2--------(2)--||
|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2-----------|-3-----2----5--||o---5---5---0--------(0)-o||
|---------------|-0--0-----------|------------3--||----3---3-----------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q. H +E E. E. H +E Q. Q. Q E. E. H +E 3x
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|---------------||--------------------------||
|---------------|-------0----(0)-|---------------||o------------------------o||
|-5----7----(7)-|----------------|-5-----4-------||--------------------------||
|-5----7----(7)-|-2--2--2--------|-5-----4-------||--------------------------||
|-3----5----(5)-|-2--2--2--------|-3-----2----5--||o------------------------o||
|---------------|-0--0--0--------|------------3--||----3---3S==5--------(5)--||
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~
| W W W E. E. +H E 3x
|---------------|----------------|---------------||--/15--15-(15)b17----17---||
|---------------|----------------|---------------||o------------------------o||
|---------------|----------------|---------------||--------------------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------||--------------------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------||o------------------------o||
|---------------|----------------|---------------||--------------------------||
Duration Legend
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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
