Chords for Janis Joplin Work me Lord ( Live at Woodstock 69)

Tempo:
61.975 bpm
Chords used:

F

C

D

Bb

Gb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Janis Joplin Work me Lord ( Live at Woodstock 69) chords
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[Bm] I'd like to close with a tune [Em]
by Nick Rabinitis, who I [Bb] mentioned before [B] because he's such a fine songwriter.
[N] This is a tune of his called Work Me Lord.
[Gb]
[Db] [F]
[G] [A] [D]
[C] [Fm] [Dm]
[Eb] [Fm] [A] [C]
[D] [Gb]
[Db] [F]
To feel my [Gm] heart [D]
so
[Fm] well
[C] wow!
[Dm]
[E] [F] Can I show you how [Ab] hard it is?
[Cm] Trying to live when you're all [D] alone.
Every day I keep trying to [Gb] move forward.
But something [Eb] is driving me wild, [Db] babe.
Something's trying to hold onto [F] me.
And I will [Cm] be soon.
[Gm]
[D] [C] [Gm]
[C] [Dm] Oh, don't you forget me, love.
[E] [F] Well, I don't think [Bb]
I'm any very [Cm] special kind of person down [Db] here.
I bet [D] I am.
But I don't think you're gonna find [G] anybody, not [Gb] anybody,
who can say just a try, like [Db] I've tried.
The words that you can say [F] all about me.
I never said it [C] [Bb] back.
Wow, wow, [F] [C] [Bb]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[F] [Bb] wow.
[G] [C] [Bb]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[F] Oh, [Eb] [Gm]
[D] oh, [Gm] oh, work me lord.
[Cm]
[D] [Eb] Work me lord.
[Fm] Please, honey, don't you [C] leave me.
I feel so useless [D] down here.
I can't find me anybody to love me.
[Gb] Never looked around.
I've looked everywhere, [Ebm] everywhere.
[Db] And I can't find me [F] anyone to love.
To feel my heart [C] [G] so
[Gm] [D] [G]
[Gm] well wow!
[F] Can I show you [C] how hard it is?
Trying to live when you're all [D] alone.
Every day I keep pushing.
I keep [Gb] trying to move forward.
But nothing is stopping me.
[Db]
[Bbm] Something's trying to [F] hold onto me.
Can I come?
[Gb]
Please.
[Bbm] [Db] [Fm] [F]
[Gm] [Gb] Please.
Please.
[Bbm] [Db] No, [F] no,
[N] no.
Please.
Hold on.
No, no, no.
Please.
[Bb] Oh, don't you go and leave me.
Honey, when I reach you, I want to.
I said, I want you.
[C] When you're never there,
it doesn't turn me off yet.
I'll still [N] reach out to hold on to my man.
I said, darling, don't you go.
No, no, no, no.
No, no.
Honey, don't you leave me.
I said, what I want to depend on.
Leave you now.
Don't you go and leave.
Leave.
Leave.
Leave.
Leave.
Leave.
And my man, don't you leave.
[Gb] Some [E] love.
[Em] [N] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Bbm]
[N]
Key:  
F
134211111
C
3211
D
1321
Bb
12341111
Gb
134211112
F
134211111
C
3211
D
1321
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To learn Janis Joplin - (Live at The Woodstock Music & Art Fair, August 17, 1969) Work Me, Lord chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: C, Bb, F, C, F and Bb. Kick off your practice at a gentle 30 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 62 BPM. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of C Minor.

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_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] I'd like to close with a tune [Em]
by Nick Rabinitis, who I [Bb] mentioned before [B] because he's such a fine songwriter.
[N] This is a tune of his called Work Me Lord.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [A] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [F] _
To feel my [Gm] heart _ _ _ [D]
so_
_ [Fm] well_
[C] wow!
[Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [F] _ Can I show you how [Ab] hard it is?
[Cm] Trying to live when you're all [D] alone.
Every day I keep trying to [Gb] move forward.
But something [Eb] is driving me wild, [Db] babe.
Something's trying to hold onto [F] me.
And I will [Cm] be soon.
[Gm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] [Dm] Oh, don't you forget me, love.
[E] _ [F] Well, I don't think [Bb]
I'm any very [Cm] special kind of person down [Db] here.
I bet [D] I am.
But I don't think you're gonna find [G] anybody, not [Gb] anybody,
who can say just a try, like [Db] I've tried.
The words that you can say [F] all about me.
I never said it [C] _ [Bb] back.
Wow, wow, [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] [Bb] wow.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ Oh, [Eb] _ [Gm] _
_ [D] _ oh, [Gm] oh, work me lord.
[Cm] _
_ [D] _ _ [Eb] Work me lord.
[Fm] _ Please, honey, don't you [C] leave me.
I feel so useless [D] down here.
I can't find me anybody to love me.
[Gb] Never looked around.
I've looked everywhere, [Ebm] everywhere.
[Db] And I can't find me [F] anyone to love.
To feel my heart [C] _ [G] so_
[Gm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] _ well_ wow!
_ _ [F] _ Can I show you [C] how hard it is?
Trying to live when you're all [D] alone.
Every day I keep pushing.
I keep [Gb] trying to move forward.
But nothing is stopping me.
[Db] _ _
[Bbm] Something's trying to [F] hold onto me.
Can I come?
[Gb] _ _
Please.
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] Please.
Please.
[Bbm] _ [Db] _ _ No, [F] no, _ _
_ _ [N] no. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Please.
Hold on.
No, no, no.
Please.
[Bb] _ Oh, don't you go and leave me.
Honey, when I reach you, I want to.
I said, _ I want you.
[C] When you're never there,
it doesn't turn me off yet.
I'll still [N] reach out to hold on to my man.
I said, darling, _ don't you go.
No, no, no, no.
No, no.
Honey, don't you leave me.
I said, what I want to depend on. _ _
Leave you now.
Don't you go and leave.
Leave. _
Leave.
_ _ _ _ Leave. _
_ _ _ Leave. _ _ _
Leave.
And my man, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ don't you leave.
_ [Gb] Some [E] love.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Nick Gravenites.

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