Guitar chords Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own
Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own by U2 is a tribute from Bono to his father, Bob Hewson, who passed away in 2001. Bono described the song as the toughest conversation between a father and a son, and it expresses love and acknowledgment for the impact his father had on his life.
Key: D
F#m
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A
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
F#m
You don't have to always be right
D
Let me take some of the punches
A
For you tonight
D
A
Listen to me now
F#m
I need to let you know
D
You don't have to go it alone Refrão
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
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
D
That if we weren't so alike
A
You'd like me a whole lot more
D
A
Listen to me now
F#m
I need to let you know
D
You don't have to go it alone Refrão
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 (Just inside)
C
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Dm
I know that we don't talk
C
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Am
I'm sick of it all
C
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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
D
Well 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
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
Best you can do is to fake it
F#m
E
D
Sometimes you can't make it on your own A:- A:- A:- A