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U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
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Intro (bass in brackets for reference):
A augmentedA 
G+G
e|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2----|
G+G|----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2----|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------(7)(3)--------------------(5)|
F# minorF#m D MajorD A augmentedA
e|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2----|
G+G|----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2----|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------(5)------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-(2)------------------(0-2-5)----------------------|
First Verse x2
A augmentedA G+G
e|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2----|
G+G|----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2----|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
F# minorF#m D MajorD A augmentedA
e|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2----|
G+G|----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2----|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
Pre-chorus:
D MajorD A augmentedA
e|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|-10---9~-----7--9~-----10---5~----5--7--5~---------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
F# minorF#m D MajorD
e|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|-10---9~-----7--9~-----10---5~----5h7-5h7-5~-------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
Chorus x2:
F# minorF#m
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|-12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|-12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14-12-14-12----------|
G+G|-------------------------------------14-------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|-12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|-12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14-12-14-12----------|
G+G|-------------------------------------14-------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
Second Verse:
A augmentedA G+G
e|-24-21~----19-17~--------24-21~----19-17~----------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
F# minorF#m D MajorD A augmentedA
e|-24-21~-----17--17-19-17-24-21~----19-17~----------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA G+G
e|-24-21~----19-17~--------17--15--14--12~-----------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
F# minorF#m D MajorD A augmentedA
e|-24-21~-----17--17-19-17-24-21~----19-17~----------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
Pre-chorus:
D MajorD A augmentedA
e|-17--16~----14--16~-----17--12~---12--14--12~------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
F# minorF#m D MajorD
e|-17--16~----14--16~-----17--12~---12h14-12h14-12~--|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
Chorus x2:
F# minorF#m
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|-12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|-12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14-12-14-12----------|
G+G|-------------------------------------14-------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|-12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|-12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14-12-14-12----------|
G+G|-------------------------------------14-------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
Bridge:
FF 
C majorC 
DmDm FF C majorC 
A minorAm
e|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
G+G|-10--9--7------7---------------||-10--9--7----------------------|
D MajorD|-----------10------------------||-----------10--5--7------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
FF C majorC DmDm
e|--------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------10-/-12-/--|
G+G|-10--9--7------7---9---10---12--------------|
D MajorD|-----------10-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
e|------------------------------||------------------------------|
b|-14--14--14--15-14-12-14---14-||-15--14--14--15-14-12-14---14-|
g|------------------------------||------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------||------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------||------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------||------------------------------|
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
e|------------------------------||------------------------------|
b|-14--14--14--15-14-12-14---14-||-12--10--------10h1210--------|
g|------------------------------||------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------||------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------||------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------||------------------------------|
Pre-chorus:
D MajorD A augmentedA
e|-17--16~----14--16~-----17--12~---12--14--12~------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
F# minorF#m D MajorD
e|-17--16~----14--16~-----17--12~---12h14-12h14-12~--|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
This is now played once with just chords (F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD D MajorD)
Followed by this three times:
F# minorF#m
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|-12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|-12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14-12-14-12----------|
G+G|-------------------------------------14-------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|-12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|-12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14-12-14-12----------|
G+G|-------------------------------------14-------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
Outro (same as second verse):
A augmentedA
e|-24-21~---|
b|----------| x4
g|----------|
D MajorD|----------|
A augmentedA|----------|
E MajorE|----------|
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