Beatles - We Can Work It Out Chords & Tabs

We Can Work It Out
The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney; released on single "Day Tripper / 
We Can Work It Out"

A great song again, by Paul. The most interesting things in the song for me 
are those slow triplets in the bridges and the outro, which sound as if 
they're changing the time to 3/4 and slowing down the tempo, but they don't.

Verse:
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          Try to  see     it      my          way,


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          do  I   have    to  keep    on          tal  -  king


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  till I      can't       go      on?


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          While   see     it      your        way,
              you

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          run the risk    of      knowing         that our


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  love    may     soon    be  gone


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  We  can         work    it  out,


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  we  can         work    it  out

Verse:
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          Think   what    you're  sa     -    ying,
              out

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          you can get it      wrong,      and     still   you think


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          that it's   all         right


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          Think   what I'm        sa     -    ying,
              out

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          we  can work    it  out,        and     get it      straight,


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          or      say     good    night


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  We  can         work    it  out,


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  we  can         work    it  out

Bridge:
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  Life            is              ve  -   ry              short,


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A|-------------------------------|------------------------9------|
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                          and     there's no              time


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A|10-----------------------------|10----------------------9------|
E|-------------------------------|--------10---------------------|



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E|-------------------------------|9-------9----------------------|
                          for     fus   -    sing      and


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E|7------------------------------|5------------------------------|
  figh   -   ting,     my         friend


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E|3------------------------------|2------------------------------|



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  I               have            al  -   ways            thought


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                          that    it's    a               crime,


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                          so      I                    will


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  ask                  you        once                 a-


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E|3------------------------------|2------------------------------|
  gain
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/beatles/we_can_work_it_out_btab_ver_2.html ]
Verse:
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A|5---------------5--------------|------------------------3------|
E|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
          Try to  see     it      my          way,


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E|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
          on- ly  time    will    tell    if  I           am


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A|3---------------3--------------|5-------5-------5--------------|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------5------|
  right   or  I           am      wrong


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A|5---------------5--------------|------------------------3------|
E|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
          While   see     it      your        way,
              you

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A|5---------------5--------------|------------------------5------|
E|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
          there's chance  that    we      might   fall    a - part
              a

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          before          too     long


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  We  can         work    it  out,


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  we  can         work    it  out

Bridge:
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E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
  Life            is              ve  -   ry              short,


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A|-------------------------------|------------------------9------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
                          and     there's no              time


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A|10------10---------------------|------------------------9------|
E|-------------------------------|10------10---------------------|



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A|9-------9----------------------|------------------------9------|
E|-------------------------------|9-------9----------------------|
                          for     fus   -    sing      and


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E|7------------------------------|5------------------------------|
  figh   -   ting,     my         friend


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E|3------------------------------|2------------------------------|



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A|2---------------2--------------|----------------0-------1------|
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  I               have            al  -   ways            thought


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A|2---------------2--------------|--------0----------------------|
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                          that    it's    a               crime,


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E|3---------------3--------------|----------------3--------------|



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                          so      I                    will


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  ask                  you        once                 a-


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E|3------------------------------|2------------------------------|
  gain

Verse:
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E|-------------------------------|5---------------5-------5------|
          Try to  see     it      my          way,


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A|5---------------5--------------|------------------------5------|
E|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
          on- ly  time    will    tell    if  I           am


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A|3---------------3--------------|5-------5----------------------|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------5------|
  right   or  I           am      wrong


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A|5------------------------------|------------------------3------|
E|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
          While   see     it      your        way,
              you

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A|5------------------------------|------------------------5------|
E|-------------------------------|5-------5----------------------|
          there's chance  that    we      might   fall    a - part
              a

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A|3-----------------------3------|5---------------5--------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
          before          too     long


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E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
  We  can         work    it  out,


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E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
  we  can         work    it  out

Outro:
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