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Tuning: E A D G B E
Song: We Can Work It Out
Artist: The Beatles
Album: No. 1 (Remastered), 2015 [originally a double A-side single with ‘Day Tripper’ in 1965]
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyclqo_AV2M;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Work_It_Out
Tempo: 4|4, with choruses in 3/4 time
Method: Upbeat French-style melody and German waltz-style choruses
Tuning: Standard
Chords:
EADGBe
D XX0232
Dsus4 XX0233
C X32010
G 320033
A A02220
Bm X24432
Bm7 X24232
G7 353433
F# 244322
VERSE 1:
DTry to see it my Dsus4way, D
Do I have to Dsus4keep on talking Ctill I can't go Dsus4oh - oDn?
While you see it Dsus4your wDay,
Run the risk of Dsus4knowing that our Clove may soon be Dsus4go - nDe.
GWe can work it Dout,
GWe can work it Aout.
VERSE 2:
DThink of what you're Dsus4sayingD,
You can get it Dsus4wrong and still you Cthink that it's Dsus4alrighDt.
Think of what I'm Dsus4sayingD,
We can work it Dsus4out and get it Cstraight, or say Dsus4good-nDight.
GWe can work it Dout,
GWe can work it Aout.
CHORUS 1:
BmLife is very short, Bm7and there's no G7timeF#,
For fussing and Bm7fighting, G7my frieF#nd.
BmI have always thought, Bm7that it's a G7crimF#e,
So I will Bm7ask you G7once agaF#in.
VERSE 3:
DTry to see it my Dsus4way, D
Do I have to Dsus4keep on talking Ctill I can't go Dsus4oh - oDn?
While you see it Dsus4your wDay,
Run the risk of Dsus4knowing that our Clove may soon be Dsus4go - nDe.
GWe can work it Dout,
GWe can work it Aout.
CHORUS 2:
BmLife is very short, Bm7and there's no G7timeF#,
For fussing and Bm7fighting, G7my frieF#nd.
BmI have always thought, Bm7that it's a G7crimF#e,
So I will Bm7ask you G7once agaF#in.
VERSE 4:
DTry to see it my Dsus4way, D
Do I have to Dsus4keep on talking Ctill I can't go Dsus4oh - oDn?
While you see it Dsus4your wDay,
Run the risk of Dsus4knowing that our Clove may soon be Dsus4go - nDe.
GWe can work it Dout,
GWe can work it Aout.
CODA: (Harmonium over)
|Dsus4 |D |
[End]
NOTES:
1. This is my personal interpretation of how I see and hear this song, as reproduced in
‘The Beatles - We Can Work it Out’ video. I had the sheet music for this as a teenager and
found it so frustrating, that it wasn’t what I heard! Hats off to (George) Harrison, as I
think it’s as close as I can get it?
2. “I had the idea, the title, had a couple of verses and the basic idea for it, then I took it
to John to finish it off and we wrote the middle together. Which is nice: 'Life is very short.
There's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.' Then it was George Harrison's idea to put
the middle into waltz time, like a German waltz. That came on the session, it was one of the cases
of the arrangement being done on the session.” - Paul McCartney, ’Many Years From Now’, Barry Miles
http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/we-can-work-it-out/