Chords for Janis Joplin - Work Me Lord

Tempo:
62.025 bpm
Chords used:

F

C

A#

F#

C#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Janis Joplin - Work Me Lord chords
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[F#] [C#] [C#m]
[F] [Gm]
[N] [G] Work me
[Cm] I love you Please
[E] [Fm] Don't [G] you leave me
I feel so useless
And I'm here
With no one to [F#] love
Though I've looked [C#] Everywhere
Can't find me [F] anybody to love
To fill my
[A#] Castle
[D] [G#] With Love
What
[D#] Holds me
Can [F] [N]
I show you how hard it is
Time to live
When you're all alone
Everyday I get you
Right to my [F#] heart
But something is [D#] Surrounding me
[C#]
Something's trying to [F] hold onto me Turn my
World upside [C] down
So [E] don't [G] you
Go and forget [Gm]
me
Oh
Don't you [D#] forget me love
[F] Well I don't think
[Em] Any very [G#] special kind
Of person down here [A#m] No better
[D] But I don't think you're gonna find [G] anybody Not [F#] anybody
Who can say not to try
[C#] Try
The words that you can say [F] all about me
Cause [A#] I'll never [Cm] let it go
[C]
[A#] Whoa
[F] Whoa
[C]
[A#] [F] [C]
[C] [A#] [Am] [F] [C]
[Gm] [F] [Gm]
[Dm] [D] [Gm]
[Fm] [F]
[A#] [F] [Am] [C] [C#m] [D]
[F#] [C#]
[F] [C]
[F] [A#] [C]
[A#] [F] [C]
[A#] [F] [C]
[A#] [F] [D#]
[Gm] Whoa Whoa Whoa
[C] [D] [G] What love
[A] [Fm]
[C] Please honey don't you leave me
I feel so [C#] useless Down [D] here
I can't find me anybody to love me
I've never [F#] looked around
I've looked everywhere Everywhere
[C#]
And I can't find me anyone [F] to love
So see you my
[C] Castle
[B] [Gm] Honey [F#] [E] don't you go and [D] leave
[Gm]
[F]
Can I show [N] you
How [C] hard it is
Time to live when [Fm] you're all alone
[D]
Everyday I keep pushing
I keep trying [F#] to move forward
But something is Surrounding me
[D#] Whoa
[C#] Something's trying to hold [F] on to me Whoa
[F#]
Whoa
[C#] Please [Fm] Oh
[Gm] Please
[F#]
Please
[C#] Don't you go and leave me No [F] no
[Bm]
[N] Please
No no no
Please
Don't you go and leave me
Honey when I reach out
I want to hold you
When you're never there
It doesn't turn me off
I still reach out
To hold on to my man I said
Da da da da da da da da
Don't you go
No no no no no
No no
Honey don't you leave me
I said when I want to depend on
Oh da da when I want to
Leave you now
Don't you go and leave Leave Leave Leave Leave
On top of the mountain My man My man My man
My man My man My man My man My man
Don't you leave [B] Oh Oh My man
[N] My [A#]
[D#] man My man
My man
[A#m] [N]
Key:  
F
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C
3211
A#
12341111
F#
134211112
C#
12341114
F
134211111
C
3211
A#
12341111
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To jam and learn Janis Joplin - (Live at The Woodstock Music & Art Fair, August 17, 1969) Work Me, Lord chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: F, C, A#, F, F#, C#, C and C. Set your pace at 31 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 62. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of F Major in mind.

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[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[N] [G] Work me
_ _ [Cm] I love you Please
_ _ [E] _ [Fm] _ Don't [G] you leave me
I feel so useless
And I'm here
With no one to [F#] love
Though I've looked [C#] Everywhere
Can't find me [F] anybody to love
To fill my
[A#] Castle _ _
_ [D] _ [G#] With Love
_ What
_ _ _ [D#] Holds me
Can [F] _ _ [N]
I show you how hard it is
Time to live
When you're all alone
Everyday I get you
Right to my [F#] heart
But something is [D#] Surrounding me
_ [C#] _
Something's trying to [F] hold onto me Turn my
World upside [C] down
So [E] don't [G] you
Go and forget _ [Gm] _ _
_ me
Oh
Don't you [D#] forget me love
[F] Well I don't think
[Em] Any very [G#] special kind
Of person down here [A#m] No better
[D] But I don't think you're gonna find [G] anybody Not [F#] anybody
Who can say not to try
[C#] Try
The words that you can say [F] all about me
Cause [A#] I'll never [Cm] let it go
[C] _
[A#] Whoa
[F] Whoa
_ [C] _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[C] _ [A#] _ _ _ [Am] _ [F] _ [C] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[A#] _ [F] _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [A#] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [D#]
[Gm] Whoa Whoa Whoa
_ [C] _ [D] _ _ [G] What love
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Fm] _
[C] Please honey don't you leave me
I feel so [C#] useless Down [D] here
I can't find me anybody to love me
I've never [F#] looked around
I've looked everywhere Everywhere
[C#]
And I can't find me anyone [F] to love
So see you my
[C] Castle
[B] [Gm] Honey [F#] _ [E] don't you go and [D] leave
_ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
Can I show [N] you
How _ [C] hard it is
Time to live when [Fm] you're all alone
[D]
Everyday I keep pushing
I keep trying [F#] to move forward
But something is Surrounding me
[D#] Whoa
[C#] Something's trying to hold [F] on to me Whoa
_ [F#]
Whoa
_ [C#] _ Please [Fm] Oh _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ Please
[F#] _ _
Please
[C#] Don't you go and leave me No _ [F] no _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ Please
No no no
Please
Don't you go and leave me
Honey when I reach out
I want to _ hold you
When you're never there
It doesn't turn me off
I still reach out
To hold on to my man I said
Da da da da da da da da
Don't you go
No no no no no
No no
Honey don't you leave me
I said when I want to depend on
Oh da da when I want to
Leave you now
Don't you go and leave _ _ _ Leave _ _ _ Leave Leave Leave
_ On top of the mountain My _ man _ _ My man _ My man
_ _ _ My man My man My man My man My man
Don't you leave [B] Oh Oh My man _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] My _ _ [A#] _ _
_ _ [D#] man My man
My man
[A#m] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was authored by Nick Gravenites.

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