{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1037415,"song":"Work","artist":"Lou Reed","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1037415-work-chords-by-lou-reed/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1037415?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Album:  Songs for Drella (1990)\r\n\r\n| | = 1 bar\r\n|....| = 1 bar, 4 counts\r\n\r\n| [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]G5[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]G5[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]G5[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]G5[/ch] | (2x)\r\n\r\n[tab]| [ch]D5[/ch]    [ch]G5[/ch]      | [ch]D5[/ch]   [ch]G5[/ch]   | [ch]D5[/ch]      [ch]G5[/ch]            | [ch]D5[/ch]    [ch]G5[/ch]\r\n   Andy was a Catholic, the ethic ran through his bones[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   | [ch]D5[/ch]     [ch]G5[/ch]          | [ch]D5[/ch]  [ch]G5[/ch]   | [ch]D5[/ch]    [ch]G5[/ch]          | [ch]D5[/ch]  [ch]G5[/ch]\r\nHe lived alone with his mother, collecting gossip and toys[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      | [ch]A5[/ch]                    | [ch]A5[/ch]\r\nEvery Sunday when he went to Church[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    | [ch]A5[/ch]                 | [ch]A5[/ch]       | [ch]D5[/ch]   [ch]G5[/ch]\r\nHe'd kneel in his pew and say, \"It's work,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]| [ch]D5[/ch]        [ch]G5[/ch]           | [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]G5[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]G5[/ch]\r\n   all that matters is work.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe was a lot of things, what I remember most\r\nHe'd say, \"I've got to bring home the bacon, someone's got to bring home\r\nthe roast.\"\r\nHe'd get to the factory early\r\nIf you'd ask him he'd tell you straight out\r\nIt's just work, the most important thing is work\r\nNo matter what I did it never seemed enough\r\nHe said I was lazy, I said I was young\r\nHe said, \"How many songs did you write?\"\r\nI'd written zero, I'd lied and said, \"Ten.\"\r\n\"You won't be young forever\r\nYou should have written fifteen\"\r\nIt's work, the most important thing is work\r\nIt's work, the most important thing is work\r\n\r\n\"You ought to make things big\r\nPeople like it that way\r\nAnd the songs with the dirty words - record them that way\"\r\nAndy liked to stir up trouble, he was funny that way\r\nHe said, \"It's just work, all that matters is work\"\r\nAndy sat down to talk one day\r\nHe said decide what you want\r\nDo you want to expand your parameters\r\nOr play museums like some dilettante\r\nI fired him on the spot, he got red and called me a rat\r\nIt was the worst word that he could think of\r\nAnd I've never seen him like that\r\nIt's just work, I thought he said it's just work\r\nWork, he said it's just work\r\n\r\nAndy said a lot of things, I stored them all away in my head\r\nSometimes when I can't decide what I should do\r\nI think what would Andy have said\r\nHe'd probably say you think too much\r\nThat's 'cause there's work that you don't want to do\r\nIt's work, the most important thing is work\r\nWork, the most important thing is work","plain_text":"Album:  Songs for Drella (1990)\n\n| | = 1 bar\n|....| = 1 bar, 4 counts\n\n| D5 G5 | D5 G5 | D5 G5 | D5 G5 | (2x)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe was a lot of things, what I remember most\nHe'd say, \"I've got to bring home the bacon, someone's got to bring home\nthe roast.\"\nHe'd get to the factory early\nIf you'd ask him he'd tell you straight out\nIt's just work, the most important thing is work\nNo matter what I did it never seemed enough\nHe said I was lazy, I said I was young\nHe said, \"How many songs did you write?\"\nI'd written zero, I'd lied and said, \"Ten.\"\n\"You won't be young forever\nYou should have written fifteen\"\nIt's work, the most important thing is work\nIt's work, the most important thing is work\n\n\"You ought to make things big\nPeople like it that way\nAnd the songs with the dirty words - record them that way\"\nAndy liked to stir up trouble, he was funny that way\nHe said, \"It's just work, all that matters is work\"\nAndy sat down to talk one day\nHe said decide what you want\nDo you want to expand your parameters\nOr play museums like some dilettante\nI fired him on the spot, he got red and called me a rat\nIt was the worst word that he could think of\nAnd I've never seen him like that\nIt's just work, I thought he said it's just work\nWork, he said it's just work\n\nAndy said a lot of things, I stored them all away in my head\nSometimes when I can't decide what I should do\nI think what would Andy have said\nHe'd probably say you think too much\nThat's 'cause there's work that you don't want to do\nIt's work, the most important thing is work\nWork, the most important thing is work","chords":["D5","G5","A5"]}