Be Like That by 3 Doors Down | Lyrics with Guitar Chords

American post-grunge band 3 Doors Down landed a major hit with their debut album “The Better Life”, which has sold over five million copies. The lyrics in “Be like that”, the fourth single off the same album, deal with following one’s dreams. The song features a radio-friendly mix of multi-layered acoustic guitars coupled with rock guitars and a simple, yet solid rhythm section.

The band’s frontman and songwriter Brad Arnold claims the writing process was non-linear and that the lyrics for the chorus and verses were written separately. The guitar riff you hear at the beginning was also written by him by means of trial and error. An edited version of the song was featured in the soundtrack for the movie American Pie 2.

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Key of the Song: G major

Be Like That is in the guitar-friendly Key of G major, which makes the song quite simple to play and will not require as much effort as the tunes discussed in previous articles.

You will be dealing with the following chord progressions:

I – V – vi – IV is the turnaround you will be playing for both strophes and verses.
G – D – Emin – C

There is a section where you have
ii – IV – I
Amin Cmaj Gmaj

ii – IV – I – III7
Amin Cmaj Gmaj B7 Cmaj

Be Like That Chords

This tune is fairly uncomplicated to play. You can make use of chords you’re most likely acquainted with:

G – D – Em – C – Am – B7

Some guitar teachers don’t lie when they tell you that these four chords are very important, do they…

Though if you want to get as close to the original as possible, you’d have Dsus2 instead of D and Emin7 instead of Emin and Csus2 instead of Cmaj.

That’s pretty much it.

Be Like That – Video Lesson

This is by far the best lesson I’ve encountered.

Be Like That – Lyrics & Chords

Intro

G, Dsus2, Em7, Cadd9

Verse

G Dsus2
He spends his nights in California
Em7 Cadd9
Watching the stars on the big screen
G Dsus2
Then he lies awake and wonders
Em7 Dsus2
Why can’t that be me?
G Dsus2
Cause in his life he’s filled with all these good intentions.
Em7 Cadd9
He’s left a lot of things he’d rather not mention right now.
G Dsus2
But just before he says goodnight,
Em7 Cadd9
He looks up with a little smile at me and he says

Chorus

G
If I could be like that
Dsus2
I’d give anything
Em7
Just to live one day
Cadd9
In those shoes.
G Dsus2
If I could be like that, what would I do?
Em7 C
What would I do?

Bridge

Am Cadd9 G
Now and dreams we run.

Verse

G Dsus2
She spends her days up in the north park,
Em7 Cadd9
watching the people as they pass.
G Dsus2
And all she wants is just a little piece of this dream,
Em7 Cadd9
is that too much to ask?
G Dsus2 Em7 Cadd9
With a safe home and a warm bed, on a quiet little street.
G Dsus2 Em7 C
All she wants is just that something to hold onto, that’s all she needs.

Chorus

Mid section

Am C G
I’m falling into this, in dreams, we run away.

Chorus
Outro

Am
Falling in.
C G G
I feel I am falling into this again.

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