We Can Work It Out chords

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We Can Work It Out

  
Intro: 4/4 

  D                   Dsus2  D
1. Try  to  see  it   my     way
                Dsus2
   Do I have to keep on talk-ing
   C               D
   Till I can't go on?
  D                 Dsus2  D
   While you see it your   way
                   Dsus2
   Run the risk of know-ing that
       C                D
   Our love may soon be gone
   G              D      G              A7sus4  A7
** We can work it out    We can work it ou   -  out

  D                     Dsus2  D
2. Think of what you're say -  ing
                  Dsus2
   You can get it wrong and still
       C                   D
   You think that it's all right
  D                  Dsus2   D
   Think of what I'm say  -  ing
                  Dsus2
   We can work it out and
          C                    D
   Get it straight or say good-night
   G              D      G              A7sus4  A7
** We can work it out    We can work it ou   -  out

        Bm
Bridge: Life is ve-ry short
            Bm7        G6 
        And there's no time
  F#sus4    F#7          Bm            Bm7     Gmaj7     Bm 
        For fus-sing and fight-ing, my friend |       -     |
        Bm
        I have al-ways thought
             Bm7    G6 
        That it's a crime
  F#sus4   F#7    Bm      Bm7     Gmaj7     Bm 
        So I will ask you once a-|gain   -      |

  D               Dsus2  D
3. Try to see it  my     way
  D                Dsus2
   On-ly time will tell
           C             D
   If I am right or I am wrong
  D                 Dsus2  D
   While you see it your   way
                          Dsus2
   There's a chance that  we  might
          C                D
   Fall a-part be-fore too long
   G              D      G              A7sus4  A7
** We can work it out    We can work it ou   -  out

        Bm
Bridge: Life is ve-ry short
            Bm7        G6 
        And there's no time
  F#sus4    F#7          Bm            Bm7     Gmaj7    Bm
        For fus-sing and fight-ing, my friend |      -     |
        Bm
        I have al-ways thought
             Bm7    G6 
        That it's a crime
  F#sus4   F#7    Bm      Bm7     Gmaj7    Bm 
        So I will ask you once a-|gain   -    |

  D               Dsus2  D
4. Try to see it  my     way
  D                Dsus2
   On-ly time will tell
           C             D
   If I am right or I am wrong
  D                 Dsus2  D
   While you see it your   way
                          Dsus2
   There's a chance that  we  might
          C                D
   Fall a-part be-fore too long
   G              D      G              A7sus4  A7    D   G     D
** We can work it out    We can work it ou   -  out |   -    |     |

Please Note: Dsus2 can be replaced with Dsus4. You can play either or both.

Using Bass Notes: In the bridge on the 3rd line we have:

F#7sus4    F#7          Bm            Bm7   | Gmaj7  - Bm | 
**     For fus-sing and fight-ing, my friend

If you are finger-picking, you can play the leading bass notes in a run like so:

F#7sus4    F#7          Bm            Bm/A  | Bm/G  - Bm/F# | 
**     For fus-sing and fight-ing, my friend

          Bm                 Bm/A              Bm/G               Bm/F#
    e|-1-|---|---|     e|-1-|---|---|     e|---|---|---|x    e|---|---|---|x
    B|-1-|-2-|---|     B|---|-2-|---|     B|---|-2-|---|     B|---|-2-|---|
    G|-1-|---|-4-|     G|---|---|-4-|     G|---|---|-4-|     G|---|---|-4-|
    D|-1-|---|-3-|     D|---|---|-3-|     D|---|---|-3-|     D|---|---|-3-|
    A|-1-|---|---|     A|---|---|---|     A|---|---|---|x    A|---|---|---|x
    E|---|---|---|x    E|---|---|---|x    E|---|-1-|---|     E|-1-|---|---|
Frets  2   3   4          2   3   4          2   3   4          2   3   4  

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