Bob Marley - Work: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Work" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Work ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Work" smoothly on your ukulele.

Bm                  G       Bm
We, Jah people can make it work;
G       Bm         G       Bm       G
Come together and make it work, yeah!
Bm
We can make it work; we can make it work.

Chorus:
Bm            Em  Bm             F#7
Five days to go; working for the next day;
Bm            Em  Bm             F#7
Four days to go; working for the next day.
Say we got:
Bm             Em      Bm              F#7
Three days to go now; working for the next day;
Bm           Em        Bm              F#7
Two days to go (ooh); working for the next day.
Say we got:
Bm          Em  Bm             F#7
One day to go;  working for the  every day is

Bm    E7
 Work.
Bm    E7
 Work,
Bm    E7
 Work,
Bm    E7
 Work!
Bm
 We can make it work; we can make it work.

We, Jah people, can make it work
Come together and make it work

We can make it work
We can make it work

Chorus:
We got five days to go, oh
Working for the next day, yeah
Four days to go
Working for the—
Three days to go now
Working for the next day, yes
Two days to go
Working for the next day, say we got
One day to go now
Working for—
Every day is work-uh, ooh-ah

(Work) I work in the midday sun
(Work) I work 'til the evening come
(Work) If ya ain't got nothing to do
(Work) Ooh!
(Work)
(Work) Everybody.

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

Bm

Ukulele chord Bm

E7

Ukulele chord E7

Em

Ukulele chord Em

F#7

Ukulele chord F#7

G

Ukulele chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Work" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Work" by Bob Marley.

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