We Can Work It Out
The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney; released on single "Day Tripper /
We Can Work It Out"
A great song again, by Paul. The most interesting things in the song for me
are those slow triplets in the bridges and the outro, which sound as if
they're changing the time to 3/4 and slowing down the tempo, but they don't.
Verse:
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Try to see it my way,
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do I have to keep on tal - king
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till I can't go on?
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A|5------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------5------|
While see it your way,
you
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A|5------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
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run the risk of knowing that our
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A|3-----------------------3------|5---------------5--------------|
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love may soon be gone
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D|5---------------5--------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|5---------------5--------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
We can work it out,
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D|5---------------5--------------|7---------------7--------------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
we can work it out
Verse:
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A|5------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Think what you're sa - ying,
out
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you can get it wrong, and still you think
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that it's all right
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A|5------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------5------|
Think what I'm sa - ying,
out
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we can work it out, and get it straight,
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A|3-----------------------3------|5---------------5--------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
or say good night
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D|5---------------5--------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|5---------------5--------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
We can work it out,
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D|5-------5-------5--------------|7---------------7--------------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
we can work it out
Bridge:
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D|-------------------------------|------------------------7------|
A|-------------------------------|9-------9----------------------|
E|7---------------7--------------|-------------------------------|
Life is ve - ry short,
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D|9-----------------------9------|7-------7----------------------|
A|-------------------------------|------------------------9------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
and there's no time
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A|10-----------------------------|10----------------------9------|
E|-------------------------------|--------10---------------------|
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A|9------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|9-------9----------------------|
for fus - sing and
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A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|7------------------------------|5------------------------------|
figh - ting, my friend
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A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3------------------------------|2------------------------------|
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A|2---------------2--------------|----------------0-------1------|
E|-------------------------------|2-------2----------------------|
I have al - ways thought
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A|2---------------2--------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|5---------------5--------------|
that it's a crime,
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D|5-------5----------------------|----------------5-------5------|
A|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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E|2---------------2--------------|----------------2--------------|
so I will
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A|2------------------------------|0------------------------------|
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ask you once a-
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A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3------------------------------|2------------------------------|
gain
Verse:
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A|5---------------5--------------|------------------------3------|
E|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
Try to see it my way,
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|5---------------5--------------|------------------------3-/-5--|
E|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
on- ly time will tell if I am
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|3---------------3--------------|5-------5-------5--------------|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------5------|
right or I am wrong
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|5---------------5--------------|------------------------3------|
E|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
While see it your way,
you
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A|5---------------5--------------|------------------------5------|
E|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
there's chance that we might fall a - part
a
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A|3---------------3--------------|5---------------5--------------|
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before too long
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D|5---------------5--------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|5---------------5--------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
We can work it out,
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D|5---------------5--------------|7---------------7--------------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
we can work it out
Bridge:
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D|9-------9----------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|9-------9----------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Life is ve - ry short,
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D|9-------9----------------------|7-------7----------------------|
A|-------------------------------|------------------------9------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
and there's no time
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|10------10---------------------|------------------------9------|
E|-------------------------------|10------10---------------------|
G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- ------- ------- -------|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|9-------9----------------------|------------------------9------|
E|-------------------------------|9-------9----------------------|
for fus - sing and
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|7------------------------------|5------------------------------|
figh - ting, my friend
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3------------------------------|2------------------------------|
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|2---------------2--------------|----------------0-------1------|
E|-------------------------------|2-------2----------------------|
I have al - ways thought
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A|2---------------2--------------|--------0----------------------|
E|-------------------------------|2-----------------------3------|
that it's a crime,
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
E|3---------------3--------------|----------------3--------------|
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|4-------4----------------------|
E|2---------------2--------------|------------------------2------|
so I will
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|2------------------------------|0------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
ask you once a-
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3------------------------------|2------------------------------|
gain
Verse:
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|5---------------5--------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|5---------------5-------5------|
Try to see it my way,
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|5---------------5--------------|------------------------5------|
E|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
on- ly time will tell if I am
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|3---------------3--------------|5-------5----------------------|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------5------|
right or I am wrong
G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- ------- ------- -------|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|5------------------------------|------------------------3------|
E|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
While see it your way,
you
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|5------------------------------|------------------------5------|
E|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
there's chance that we might fall a - part
a
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|3-----------------------3------|5---------------5--------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
before too long
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D|5---------------5--------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|5---------------5--------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
We can work it out,
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D|5-------5-------5--------------|7---------------7--------------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
we can work it out
Outro:
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A|5------------------------------|5------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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A|5------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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