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Making It Work: Doug And The Slugs.
#29 on CANADA'S RPM on RCA Records
in 1983.
INTRO:  G  C  
(GMaking it workG..D..G..C....Gmaking it work.D....)
#1.
GLate Cnight, GboozCin', Goh, I'm Dout of control.
GRed lights, Ccruisin', I Ggot no sense of Dsoul.
GI knew, Cyou knew, hey, Gwe both knew the Dcrime.
GBlacker, Cbluer, oh, I'm Dback in line.
CHORUS:
(GMaking it work) Am7takes a little Clonger.
(GMaking it work) Dtakes a bit of time.
(GMaking it work) Am7takes a little Clonger.
(GMaking it work) Dtakes a bit of time.
INTERLUDE:  G   GmC..G  Em  D  
#2.
GSometimes, the Cold times, Goh, they Ddrag onto new.
GBad nights, Cbad wine, GI thought Dwe'd made it through.
I Gwonder Chow I'm Gstill on the Dcase.
GHelp me, Chelp you, Goh, we'll find us a Dplace.
CHORUS:
(GMaking it work) Am7takes a little Clonger.
(GMaking it work) Dtakes a bit of time.
(GMaking it work) Am7takes a little Clonger.
(GMaking it work) Dtakes a bit of time.
BRIDGE:
GDarling, (Cpow, pow) you Gpack a pretty Dpunch.
GDarling, (Cpow, pow) you Gpack a pretty Dpunch, oh, yeah.
INTERLUDE:  G   C   G   D   G   C   G  D  
#3.
(GMaking it work) Am7you Chelped me believe GI could beDlieve 
in myself.
(GMaking it work) you Chelped me achieve what GI did with 
noDbody else.
(GMaking it work) you Ctook what I gave you, Goh, and then 
you Dturned it around.
(GMaking it work) you Chelped me Gstay right here, right Dhere 
on the ground.
BRIDGE:
GDarling, (Cpow, pow) you Gpack a pretty Dpunch.
GDarling, (Cpow, pow) you Gpack a pretty Dpunch, oh, yeah.
CHORUS:
(GMaking it work) Am7takes a little Clonger.
(GMaking it work) Dtakes a bit of time.
(GMaking it work) Am7takes a little Clonger.
(GMaking it work) Dtakes a bit of time.
CHORUS:
(GMaking it work) Am7takes a little Clonger.
(GMaking it work) Dtakes a bit of time.
(GMaking it work) Am7takes a little Clonger.
(GMaking it work) Dtakes a bit of time.
CHORUS:
(GMaking it work) Am7takes much Clonger.
(GMaking it work) Dtakes some time.
(GMaking it work) Am7takes much Clonger.
(GMaking it work) Dtakes some time.
OUTRO:
(GMaking it work) Am7takes much Clonger.
(GMaking it work) Dtakes some time.
(GMaking it work) Am7takes much Clonger.
(GMaking it work) Dtakes some time..(Fade.)
An eighties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Making It Work

by Doug and The Slugs

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Am7

Making It Work: Doug And The Slugs.

#29 on CANADA'S RPM on RCA Records

in 1983.

G C

INTRO:

G G D G C G D

(Making it work..........making it work.....)

#1.

G C G C G D

Late night, boozin', oh, I'm out of control.

G C G D

Red lights, cruisin', I got no sense of soul.

G C G D

I knew, you knew, hey, we both knew the crime.

G C D

Blacker, bluer, oh, I'm back in line.

CHORUS:

G Am7 C

(Making it work) takes a little longer.

G D

(Making it work) takes a bit of time.

G Am7 C

(Making it work) takes a little longer.

G D

(Making it work) takes a bit of time.

G Gm Em D

INTERLUDE: C..G

#2.

G C G D

Sometimes, the old times, oh, they drag onto new.

G C G D

Bad nights, bad wine, I thought we'd made it through.

G C G D

I wonder how I'm still on the case.

G C G D

Help me, help you, oh, we'll find us a place.

CHORUS:

G Am7 C

(Making it work) takes a little longer.

G D

(Making it work) takes a bit of time.

G Am7 C

(Making it work) takes a little longer.

G D

(Making it work) takes a bit of time.

BRIDGE:

G C G D

Darling, (pow, pow) you pack a pretty punch.

G C G D

Darling, (pow, pow) you pack a pretty punch, oh, yeah.

G C G D G C G D

INTERLUDE:

#3.

G Am7 C G D

(Making it work) you helped me believe I could believe

in myself.

G C G

(Making it work) you helped me achieve what I did with

nobody else.

G C G

(Making it work) you took what I gave you, oh, and then

you turned it around.

G C G D

(Making it work) you helped me stay right here, right here

on the ground.

BRIDGE:

G C G D

Darling, (pow, pow) you pack a pretty punch.

G C G D

Darling, (pow, pow) you pack a pretty punch, oh, yeah.

CHORUS:

G Am7 C

(Making it work) takes a little longer.

G D

(Making it work) takes a bit of time.

G Am7 C

(Making it work) takes a little longer.

G D

(Making it work) takes a bit of time.

CHORUS:

G Am7 C

(Making it work) takes a little longer.

G D

(Making it work) takes a bit of time.

G Am7 C

(Making it work) takes a little longer.

G D

(Making it work) takes a bit of time.

CHORUS:

G Am7 C

(Making it work) takes much longer.

G D

(Making it work) takes some time.

G Am7 C

(Making it work) takes much longer.

G D

(Making it work) takes some time.

OUTRO:

G Am7 C

(Making it work) takes much longer.

G D

(Making it work) takes some time.

G Am7 C

(Making it work) takes much longer.

G D

(Making it work) takes some time..(Fade.)

An eighties smash from Kraziekhat.

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