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Standard tuning, no capo
(Some of the chord placement is off but I did the best I could)
Intro:  DxBm2F#m  A  
Do you wanna Dtell me
What you have aBmgainst me
AnF#md why, you Akeep me in disguise
What are you Dafraid of
'Cause it can't be Bmthat bad.
Being F#mfriendsA, beneficial ties.
For Da couple of days
I've gotten looks from yoBmur lady
Now yF#mou tell me how she knows
I've got mAy eyes on you
And itD's funny how your girl
She seems tBmo ignore me
F#mAnytime we're stuck together
In the Asame small room
[Chorus:]
DBaby, doesn't have to be you and Bmher
Maybe we can make it F#mwork
Maybe we can make it Awork
DAnd baby, don't you know I wanna rock your wBmorld
And I don't care about the other gF#mirl
You know I've never been scared of hAer
We can make it wDorkBm  F#m  A  
[Verse 2:]
She's a bit of a Dlooker
But you could do Bmbetter
You're wF#morth it
AI can make you see
She doesn't Dcare
The way I Bmcare
Don't you F#mknow 
You're Abetter off with me
DBut if we can't be real
And you really do feel that Bmbaby she's the one
I can F#mlet it go we can keep it down low
And if she Aasks it was just good fun
Boy you Dsay it's not the way you think it should go
And you Bmmiss me far too much
Well, F#mmake up your mind
'Cause you're wasting my time,
But I'm Astill not giving up
[Chorus:]
DBaby, doesn't have to be you and Bmher
Maybe we can make it F#mwork
Maybe we can make it Awork
DAnd baby, don't you know I wanna rock your wBmorld
And I don't care about the other gF#mirl
You know I've never been scared of hAer
We can make it Bmwork
[Bridge:] 
AIt's too bad, Bmooh Ano
Bm'Cause I doAn't know now
BmOoh the way I feel abGout you 
BmAnd then you do what you dAo-Doo
[Chorus:]
DBaby, doesn't have to be you anBmd her
Maybe we can make it F#mwork
Maybe we can make it Awork
DAnd baby, don't you know I wanna rock your wBmorld
And I don't care about the other gF#mirl
You know I've never been scared of hAer
DBaby, doesn't have to be you anBmd her
Maybe we can make it F#mwork
Maybe we can make it Awork
DAnd baby, don't you know I wanna rock your wBmorld
And I don't care about the other gF#mirl
You know I've never been scared of hAer
We can make it Dwork

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Make It Work

by Christina Grimmie

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Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Standard tuning, no capo

(Some of the chord placement is off but I did the best I could)

D Bm F#m A

Intro: x2

Do you wanna tell me

What you have against me

F#m A

And why, you keep me in disguise

What are you afraid of

'Cause it can't be that bad.

F#m A

Being friends, beneficial ties.

For a couple of days

I've gotten looks from your lady

F#m

Now you tell me how she knows

I've got my eyes on you

And it's funny how your girl

She seems to ignore me

F#m

Anytime we're stuck together

In the same small room

[Chorus:]

D Bm

Baby, doesn't have to be you and her

F#m

Maybe we can make it work

D Bm

And baby, don't you know I wanna rock your world

F#m

And I don't care about the other girl

You know I've never been scared of her

D Bm F#m A

We can make it work

[Verse 2:]

She's a bit of a looker

But you could do better

F#m

You're worth it

I can make you see

She doesn't care

The way I care

F#m

Don't you know

You're better off with me

But if we can't be real

And you really do feel that baby she's the one

F#m

I can let it go we can keep it down low

And if she asks it was just good fun

Boy you say it's not the way you think it should go

And you miss me far too much

F#m

Well, make up your mind

'Cause you're wasting my time,

But I'm still not giving up

[Chorus:]

D Bm

Baby, doesn't have to be you and her

F#m

Maybe we can make it work

D Bm

And baby, don't you know I wanna rock your world

F#m

And I don't care about the other girl

You know I've never been scared of her

We can make it work

[Bridge:]

A Bm A

It's too bad, ooh no

Bm A

'Cause I don't know now

Bm G

Ooh the way I feel about you

Bm A D

And then you do what you do-oo

[Chorus:]

D Bm

Baby, doesn't have to be you and her

F#m

Maybe we can make it work

D Bm

And baby, don't you know I wanna rock your world

F#m

And I don't care about the other girl

You know I've never been scared of her

D Bm

Baby, doesn't have to be you and her

F#m

Maybe we can make it work

D Bm

And baby, don't you know I wanna rock your world

F#m

And I don't care about the other girl

You know I've never been scared of her

We can make it work

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