Mary J. Blige - Work That

                Mary J. Blige - Work That 

[Intro]
Dm F Gm Am

[Chorus]
Dm              F
Work your thing out
Gm
Work your thing out
Dm              F
Work your thing out
Gm
Work your thing out

[Verse 1]
               Dm           
There's so many girls I hear 
        F
you been running
                  Gm         
From the beautiful queen that 
              Am
you could be becoming
                  Dm          
You can look at my palm and see
          F
the storm coming
                   Gm
Read the book of my life and 
see I've overcome it

(I don't want the drama, get 
lost)
                       Dm     
Just because the length of your
           F
hair ain't long
                   Gm       
And they often criticize you 
             Am
for your skin tone
                    Dm   
Wanna hold your head high 
                      F
'cause you're a pretty 
woman
               Gm            
Get your runway stride on and 
    Am
keep going

Girl, live your life

[Pre-Chorus]
Dm        F
I just wanna be myself (Yeah 
yeah)
      Gm              Am
Don't sweat, girl, be yourself
                  Dm
Follow me, follow me, follow me
F
Girl, be yourself
      Gm          Am
That's why I be myself

And I grew to love it

[Chorus]
Dm
Work your thing out
            F
(Let 'em get mad, they gonna 
hate anyway)
Gm
Work your thing out
               Am
(Don't you get that?)
Dm
Work your thing out

(Doesn't matter if you're going
              F
on with their plan)
Gm
Work your thing out

(They'll never be happy
              Am
'Cause they're not happy with 
themselves)

[Post-Chorus]
Dm   F                   Gm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
            Am
I'm talking 'bout things that I
know
Dm   F                   Gm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
          Am
It's okay, show yourself some 
love
Dm   F                   Gm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
            Am
Don't worry 'bout who's saying 
what
             Dm  F         
It's gonna be fiiiine, work 
        Gm
what you got
Am
Work what you got

[Verse 2]
       Dm                
Feelin' great because the 
       F
light's on me
               Gm          
Celebrating the things that 
        Am
everyone told me
                      Dm      
Would never happen but God has 
             F
put His hands on me
                Gm         
And ain't a man alive could 
            Am
ever take it from me
                   Dm     
Working with what I got, I 
          F
gotta keep on (Keep on)
                Gm           
Taking care of myself I wanna 
    Am
live long (Live long)
            Dm               
Ain't never ashamed what life 
   F
did to me
                Gm            
Wasn't afraid to change 'cause 
           Am
it was good for me

I wanna...

[Pre-Chorus]
Dm        F
I just wanna be myself (I just 
wanna be)
     Gm              Am
Don't sweat, girl, be yourself 
(Don't sweat, girl)
                  Dm
Follow me, follow me, follow me
F
Girl, be yourself
       Gm         Am
That's why I be myself

And I grew to love it

[Chorus]
Dm
Work your thing out
            F
(Let 'em get mad, they gonna 
hate anyway)
Gm
Work your thing out
               Am
(Don't you get that?)
Dm
Work your thing out

(Doesn't matter if you're going
              F
on with their plan)
Gm
Work your thing out

(They'll never be happy
              Am
'Cause they're not happy with 
themselves)

[Post-Chorus]
Dm   F                   Gm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
            Am
I'm talking 'bout things that I
know
Dm   F                   Gm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
          Am
It's okay, show yourself some 
love
Dm   F                   Gm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
            Am
Don't worry 'bout who's saying 
what
             Dm  F         
It's gonna be fiiiine, work 
        Gm
what you got
Am
Work what you got

[Bridge]
Dm              F
Work that, work that, work that
           Gm             Am
Girl, don't hold back, you just
be yourself

        Dm              F
You just work that, work that, 
work that
           Gm             Am
Girl, don't hold back, you just
be yourself

        Dm              F
You just work that, work that, 
work that
           Gm             Am
Girl, don't hold back, you just
be yourself

        Dm              F
You just work that, work that, 
work that
           Gm              Am
Girl, don't hold back, you just
be yourself

[Post-Chorus]
Dm   F                   Gm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
            Am
I'm talking 'bout things that I
know
Dm   F                   Gm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
          Am
It's okay, show yourself some 
love
Dm   F                   Gm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
            Am
Don't worry 'bout who's saying 
what
             Dm  F         
It's gonna be fiiiine, work 
        Gm
what you got
Am
Work what you got

[Bridge]
Dm              F
Work that, work that, work that
           Gm             Am
Girl, don't hold back, you just
be yourself

        Dm              F
You just work that, work that, 
work that
           Gm             Am
Girl, don't hold back, you just
be yourself

        Dm              F
You just work that, work that, 
work that
           Gm             Am
Girl, don't hold back, you just
be yourself

        Dm              F
You just work that, work that, 
work that
           Gm              Am
Girl, don't hold back, you just
be yourself

[Outro]
Dm F Gm Am