We Can Work It Out Chords

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:
D                Dsus4 D
Try to see it my way,
             Dsus4           C               Dsus4 D
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go oh - on?
                 Dsus4 D
While you see it your way,
                Dsus4            C                Dsus4 D
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be go - ne.
G              D
We can work it out,
G              A
We can work it out.
 
 
VERSE 2:
D                    Dsus4 D
Think of what you're saying,
               Dsus4               C               Dsus4 D
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright.
                  Dsus4 D
Think of what I'm saying,
               Dsus4          C                Dsus4 D
We can work it out and get it straight, or say good-night.
G              D
We can work it out,
G              A
We can work it out.
 
 
CHORUS 1:
Bm                  Bm7            G7  F#
Life is very short, and there's no time,
                Bm7       G7     F#
For fussing and fighting, my friend.
Bm                     Bm7         G7  F#
I have always thought, that it's a crime,
          Bm7     G7      F#
So I will ask you once again.
 
 
VERSE 3:
D                Dsus4 D
Try to see it my way,
             Dsus4           C               Dsus4 D
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go oh - on?
                 Dsus4 D
While you see it your way,
                Dsus4            C                Dsus4 D
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be go - ne.
G              D
We can work it out,
G              A
We can work it out.
 
 
CHORUS 2:
Bm                  Bm7            G7  F#
Life is very short, and there's no time,
                Bm7       G7     F#
For fussing and fighting, my friend.
Bm                     Bm7         G7  F#
I have always thought, that it's a crime,
          Bm7     G7      F#
So I will ask you once again.
 
 
 
VERSE 4:
D                Dsus4 D
Try to see it my way,
             Dsus4           C               Dsus4 D
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go oh - on?
                 Dsus4 D
While you see it your way,
                Dsus4            C                Dsus4 D
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be go - ne.
G              D
We can work it out,
G              A
We can work it out.
 
 
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/
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