Sometimes You Cant Make It On Your Own (studio performance) (video)

Artist:   U2
Song:     Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Album:    How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Year:     2004
 
Tabber:   Sean McCarthy
Email:    sean@seanmedia.co.uk
 
 
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.
 
   A           A           A/G         A/G         A/F#        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 1]
 
A          A/G
Tough, you think you've got the stuff
       A/F#           Dsus2
You're telling me and anyone
A
You're hard enough
    A
You don't have to put up a fight
    A/G
You don't have to always be right
A/F#                          Dsus2
      Let me take some of the punches
    A
For you tonight
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
D   D             A
    Listen to me now
  A                F#m
I need to let you know
    F#m                  D
You don't have to go it alone
 
 
[Chorus]
 
         F#m                        E
And it's you when I look in the mirror
         D                              D
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
  F#m                E                  D     D
Sometimes you can't make it    on your own
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
   A                   A/G
We fight      all the time
        A/F#            Dsus2
You and I...   that's alright
          A
We're the same soul
        A                 A/G
I don't need...   I don't need to hear you say
           A/F#        Dsus2
That if we weren't so alike
                A
You'd like me a whole lot more
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
D    D             A
     Listen to me now
  A                   F#m
I need to let you know
    F#m                   D    D
You don't have to go it alone
 
 
[Chorus]
 
          F#m                      E
And it's you when I look in the mirror 
          D                             D
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
 F#m                  E                  D     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      A        F#m                 F#m
Sing,       you're the reason I sing
D                 E         A                A
You're the reason why   the opera is in me...
       D       D
Well, hey now!
                    A
I've got to let you know
  A                           F#m
A house still doesn't make a home
      F#m             D     D
Don't leave me here alone...
 
 
[Outro/Chorus]
 
          F#m                      E
And it's you when I look in the mirror
          D                              D
And it's you that makes it hard to let go
F#m                  E                  D      D
Sometimes you can't make it    on your own
 F#m                 E
Sometimes you can't make it
              D                 D
The best you can  do    is to fake it
 F#m                 E           D            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|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
h = Hammer-on
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