We Can Work It Out
by The BeatlesTranspose
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Song: We Can Work It Out
Artist: The Beatles
Album: No. 1 (Remastered), 2015 [originally a double A-side single with ‘Day Tripper’ in 1965]
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyclqo_AV2M;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Work_It_Out
Tempo: 4|4, with choruses in 3/4 time
Method: Upbeat French-style melody and German waltz-style choruses
Tuning: Standard
Chords:
EADGBe
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VERSE 1:
Try to see it my
way,
Do I have to
keep on talking
till I can't go
oh - o
n?
While you see it
your w
ay,
Run the risk of
knowing that our
love may soon be
go - n
e.
We can work it
out,
We can work it
out.
VERSE 2:
Think of what you're
saying
,
You can get it
wrong and still you
think that it's
alrigh
t.
Think of what I'm
saying
,
We can work it
out and get it
straight, or say
good-n
ight.
We can work it
out,
We can work it
out.
CHORUS 1:
Life is very short,
and there's no
time
,
For fussing and
fighting,
my frie
nd.
I have always thought,
that it's a
crim
e,
So I will
ask you
once aga
in.
VERSE 3:
Try to see it my
way,
Do I have to
keep on talking
till I can't go
oh - o
n?
While you see it
your w
ay,
Run the risk of
knowing that our
love may soon be
go - n
e.
We can work it
out,
We can work it
out.
CHORUS 2:
Life is very short,
and there's no
time
,
For fussing and
fighting,
my frie
nd.
I have always thought,
that it's a
crim
e,
So I will
ask you
once aga
in.
VERSE 4:
Try to see it my
way,
Do I have to
keep on talking
till I can't go
oh - o
n?
While you see it
your w
ay,
Run the risk of
knowing that our
love may soon be
go - n
e.
We can work it
out,
We can work it
out.
CODA: (Harmonium over)
[End]
NOTES:
1. This is my personal interpretation of how I see and hear this song, as reproduced in
‘The Beatles - We Can Work it Out’ video. I had the sheet music for this as a teenager and
found it so frustrating, that it wasn’t what I heard! Hats off to (George) Harrison, as I
think it’s as close as I can get it?
2. “I had the idea, the title, had a couple of verses and the basic idea for it, then I took it
to John to finish it off and we wrote the middle together. Which is nice: 'Life is very short.
There's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.' Then it was George Harrison's idea to put
the middle into waltz time, like a German waltz. That came on the session, it was one of the cases
of the arrangement being done on the session.” - Paul McCartney, ’Many Years From Now’, Barry Miles
http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/we-can-work-it-out/
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