Work Is A Four Letter Word

The Smiths

  • A*
    2
  • Bm7*
    2
  • C#m7*
    2
    6
  • D*
    2
  • D/G*
    2
  • D7*
    2
  • E*
    2
  • F#m*
    2
  • G*
    2
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Key: (chord shapes in the key of A)
[Intro] A D/G A D/G [Verse]
A D Loving you is driving me crazy
A D People say that you were born lazy
F#m 'Cause you say that
G E G E Work is a four-letter word [Chorus]
F#m So change your life
Bm7 D There is so much I know that you
C#m7 can do
F#m Come and see
Bm7 Wide-awake and take
F#m E D7 All of this love that is waiting for
E you [Verse]
A D If you stay, I'll stay right beside you
A D And my love may help to remind you
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F#m To forget that
G E G E Work is a four-letter word [Verse]
A D I don't need a house that's a showplace
A D I just feel that we're going no place
F#m While you say that
G E G E Work is a four-letter word [Chorus]
F#m So change your life
Bm7 D There is so much I know that you
C#m7 can do
F#m Come and see
Bm7 Wide-awake and take
F#m E D7 All of this love that is waiting for
E you [Verse]
A D If you stay, I'll stay right beside you
A D And my love might help to remind you
F#m To forget that
G E G E Work is a four-letter word [Verse]
A D I don't need a house that's a showplace
A D I just feel that we're going no place
F#m While you say that
G E G E Work is a four-letter word [Chorus]
F#m So change your life
Bm7 D There is so much I know that you
C#m7 can do
F#m Come and see
Bm7 Wide-awake and take
F#m E D7 All of this love that is waiting for
E you
Song details

Composition: Cilla Black and Don Black

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