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...WORK... by Bob Marley
----------..............
*from 'Uprising' (1980)*
Intro:
  Bm  Em,   A   Bm(x2)
Chorus 1:
 BmWe, Jah people can Gmake it Bmwork;
 GCome to-Bmgether and Gmake it Bmwork, yeah!G  
 BmWe... can make it work; we... can make it work.
Verse 1:
 BmFive days to Emgo;  Bmworking for the F#7next day;
 BmFour days to Emgo;  Bmworking for the F#7next day. Say we got:
 BmThree days to Emgo now;  Bmworking for the F#7next day;
 BmTwo days to Emgo (ooh);  Bmworking for the F#7next day. Say we got:
 BmOne day to Emgo;  Bmworking for the..F#7.  every day is...
Chorus 2:
 BmWork.E7  
 BmWork,E7  
 BmWork,E7  
 BmWork!E7  
 BmWe... can make it work; we... can make it work.
Solo:
  Bm  Em,   A   Bm(x4)
Chorus 3:
 BmWe, Jah people can Gmake it Bmwork;
 GCome to-Bmgether and Gmake it Bmwork.G  
 BmWe... can make it work; we... can make it work. We got;
Verse 2:
 BmFive days to Emgo;  Bmworking for the F#7next day;
 BmFour days to Emgo;  Bmworking for the F#7next day. Say we got:
 BmThree days to Emgo now;  Bmworking for the F#7next day, yes,
 BmTwo days to Emgo (ooh);  Bmworking for the F#7next day. Say we got:
 BmOne day to Emgo;  Bmworking for... F#7everyday is...
Coda:
 BmWork, bup-oo-ah!E7  
 Bm(Work!) I work in the E7mid-day sun;
 Bm(Work!) I work till the E7evening come!
 Bm(Work!) If ya ain't got E7nothing to do!
 Bm(Work!) E7Oooh...
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
   Bm      Em      A       G       F#7     E7
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 799777  x79987  577655  355433  242322  x79797
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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...WORK... by Bob Marley

----------..............

*from 'Uprising' (1980)*

Intro:

Bm Em A Bm

, (x2)

Chorus 1:

Bm G Bm

We, Jah people can make it work;

G Bm G Bm G

Come to-gether and make it work, yeah!

We... can make it work; we... can make it work.

Verse 1:

Bm Em Bm F#7

Five days to go; working for the next day;

Bm Em Bm F#7

Four days to go; working for the next day. Say we got:

Bm Em Bm F#7

Three days to go now; working for the next day;

Bm Em Bm F#7

Two days to go (ooh); working for the next day. Say we got:

Bm Em Bm F#7

One day to go; working for the... every day is...

Chorus 2:

Bm E7

Work.

Bm E7

Work,

Bm E7

Work,

Bm E7

Work!

We... can make it work; we... can make it work.

Solo:

Bm Em A Bm

, (x4)

Chorus 3:

Bm G Bm

We, Jah people can make it work;

G Bm G Bm G

Come to-gether and make it work.

We... can make it work; we... can make it work. We got;

Verse 2:

Bm Em Bm F#7

Five days to go; working for the next day;

Bm Em Bm F#7

Four days to go; working for the next day. Say we got:

Bm Em Bm F#7

Three days to go now; working for the next day, yes,

Bm Em Bm F#7

Two days to go (ooh); working for the next day. Say we got:

Bm Em Bm F#7

One day to go; working for... everyday is...

Coda:

Bm E7

Work, bup-oo-ah!

Bm E7

(Work!) I work in the mid-day sun;

Bm E7

(Work!) I work till the evening come!

Bm E7

(Work!) If ya ain't got nothing to do!

Bm E7

(Work!) Oooh...

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

---------------

Bm Em A G F#7 E7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

799777 x79987 577655 355433 242322 x79797

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

About Work Chords by Bob Marley

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