nop, there is not even an acoustic version, although, searching this old forum I found this:
Artist: U2
Song: Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (Acoustic)
Album: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Year: 2004
>> Standard Tuning <<
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
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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
it's kinda the acoustic couch mix, but it needs some variations...
-FCA
