Sometimes You Cant Make It On Your Own Acoustic Chords & Tabs
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Sometimes You Cant Make It On Your Own Acoustic Chords
Artist: U2
Song: Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (Acoustic)
Album: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Year: 2004
Website: www.allthatU2leftbehind.com
Tabber: Sean McCarthy
Email: sean@seanmedia.co.uk
>> Standard Tuning <<
Amazing song about Bono's relationship with his Dad. The way the verse
is played is tabbed below, and the pre-chorus, chorus and bridge are all
just strummed. At the end there is a mini-solo for over the start of the
bridge. ENJOY - THIS IS WHAT MUSIC IS ALL ABOUT!!
A A G/A G/A F#/A Dsus2
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B -----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-|
G -----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-|
D --------------------------------------------------------------0----------|
A --0-----------0----------------------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------3-----------3-----------2----------------------|
VERSE ONE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A G/A
Tough, you think you've got the stuff
F#/A Dsus2
You're telling me and anyone
A
You're hard enough
A
You don't have to put up a fight
G/A
You don't have to always be right
F#/A Dsus2
Let me take some of the punches
A
For you tonight
PRE-CHORUS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
D A
Listen to me now
F#m
I need to let you know
D
You don't have to go it alone
CHORUS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
F#m E
And it's you when I look in the mirror
D
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
F#m E D
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
VERSE TWO
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A G/A
We fight all the time
F#/A Dsus2
You and I...that's alright
A
We're the same soul
A G/A
I don't need...I don't need to hear you say
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/u2/sometimes_you_cant_make_it_on_your_own_acoustic_crd.html ]
F#/A Dsus2
That if we weren't so alike
A
You'd like me a whole lot more
PRE-CHORUS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
D A
Listen to me now
F#m
I need to let you know
D
You don't have to go it alone
CHORUS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
F#m E
And it's you when I look in the mirror
D
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
F#m E D
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
BRIDGE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fmaj7 - C - Dm
I know that we don't talk
Fmaj7 - C - Am
I'm sick of it all
Fmaj7 - C - Dm
Can - you - hear - me - when - I -
A F#m
Sing, you're the reason I sing
D E A
You're the reason why the opera is in me...
D
Well, hey now!
A
I've got to let you know
F#m
A house still doesn't make a home
D
Don't leave me here alone...
FINAL CHORUS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
F#m E
And it's you when I look in the mirror
D
And it's you that makes it hard to let go
F#m E D
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
F#m E
Sometimes you can't make it
D
The best you can do is to fake it
F#m E D
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
(Play 'A' to fade)
NOTE: Play over the start of the bridge (leading up to Bono's high note):
e ----------------------------------------------------------8-10-12-10----|
B ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G --10-9-7------7-----10-9-7------------10-9-7------7--9-10---------------|
D ---------10-7--------------10-5h7------------10-7-----------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
