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Song: Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Artist: U2
Album: How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb [2004]
Tabber: Yosh Talwar - ytalwar.com
Tuning: Standard [EADGBe]
Chords: A [x02220] G [355433] F#m [244222]
D [xx0232] F [133211] C [032010]
Dm [xx0231] Am [x02210]
*/
A G
Tough, you think you've got the stuff
F#m D
You're telling me and anyone
A
You're hard enough
A
You don't have to put up a fight
G
You don't have to always be right
F#m D
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 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
---
A G
We fight all the time
F#m D
You and I... that's alright
A
We're the same soul
A G
I don't need... I don't need to hear you say
F#m D
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 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
---
[F -> C -> Dm]
I know that we don't talk
[F -> C -> Am]
I'm sick of it all
[F -> C -> Dm] A
Can you hear me when I Sing,
F#m
you're the reason I sing
D E A
You're the reason why the opera is in me
[Pre Chorus]
D
Yeah, hey now
A
Still got to let you know
F#m
A house still doesn't make a home
D
Don't leave me here alone
[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
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
--- END ---
[Bonus]
Find a way to incorporate these cool artefacts into your arrangement:
Riff 1:
e|---------------------|-----------------------|
B|---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---|
D|---------------------|-----------------------|
A|-0---------0---------|-----------------------|
E|---------------------|-3---------3-----------|
e|---------------------|-----------------------|
B|---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---|
D|-----------0---------|-----------------------|
A|---------------------|-0---------0-----------|
E|-2-------------------|-----------------------|
Riff 2:
e|-12-----------12-----------12-----------12----------------|
B|----14-----------14-----------14-----------14-------12-10-|
G|-------11-9---------11-9---------11-9---------11-9--------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3:
e|---------------------|-----------------------|
B|-0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2-|-0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2---|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---2-----|
D|---------------------|-----------------------|
A|---------------------|-----------------------|
E|-2-------------------|-0---------------------|
e|---------------------|-----------------------|
B|-0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2-|-0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2---|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---2---2-|
D|-0-------------------|-0---------------------|
A|---------------------|-----------------------|
E|---------------------|-----------------------|
---
[Notes]
I noticed the chords tabs for this song on UG were slightly incorrect, so I made this to
appease my OCD. I cannot vouch for electric, but this tab sounds really good on an
acoustic guitar. I highly suggest you do not follow this tab 100%. Use it as a guide,
but improvise with different chord placements, hammer ons and rhythm effects to make it your
own. If you need any help, don't be afraid to email me from my website [ytalwar.com].
Happy playing!