Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Intro:
DmDm 
FF 
G minorGm 
A minorAm
Chorus:
DmDm FF
Work your thing out
G minorGm
Work your thing out
DmDm FF
Work your thing out
G minorGm
Work your thing out
Verse 1:
DmDm FF
There's so many girls I hear you been running
G minorGm A minorAm
From the beautiful queen that you could be becoming
DmDm FF
You can look at my palm and see the storm coming
G minorGm
Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it
(I don't want the drama, get lost)
DmDm FF
Just because the length of your hair ain't long
G minorGm A minorAm
And they often criticize you for your skin tone
DmDm FF
Wanna hold your head high 'cause you're a pretty woman
G minorGm A minorAm
Get your runway stride on and keep going
Girl, live your life
Pre-Chorus:
DmDm FF
I just wanna be myself (Yeah yeah)
G minorGm A minorAm
Don't sweat, girl, be yourself
DmDm
Follow me, follow me, follow me
FF
Girl, be yourself
G minorGm A minorAm
That's why I be myself
And I grew to love it
Chorus:
DmDm
Work your thing out
FF
(Let 'em get mad, they gonna hate anyway)
G minorGm
Work your thing out
A minorAm
(Don't you get that?)
DmDm
Work your thing out
FF
(Doesn't matter if you're going on with their plan)
G minorGm
Work your thing out
(They'll never be happy
A minorAm
'Cause they're not happy with themselves)
Post-Chorus:
DmDm FF G minorGm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
A minorAm
I'm talking 'bout things that I know
DmDm FF G minorGm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
A minorAm
It's okay, show yourself some love
DmDm FF G minorGm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
A minorAm
Don't worry 'bout who's saying what
DmDm FF G minorGm
It's gonna be fiiiine, work what you got
A minorAm
Work what you got
Verse 2:
DmDm FF
Feelin' great because the light's on me
G minorGm A minorAm
Celebrating the things that everyone told me
DmDm FF
Would never happen but God has put His hands on me
G minorGm A minorAm
And ain't a man alive could ever take it from me
DmDm FF
Working with what I got, I gotta keep on (Keep on)
G minorGm A minorAm
Taking care of myself I wanna live long (Live long)
DmDm FF
Ain't never ashamed what life did to me
G minorGm A minorAm
Wasn't afraid to change 'cause it was good for me
I wanna...
Pre-Chorus:
DmDm FF
I just wanna be myself (I just wanna be)
G minorGm A minorAm
Don't sweat, girl, be yourself (Don't sweat, girl)
DmDm
Follow me, follow me, follow me
FF
Girl, be yourself
G minorGm A minorAm
That's why I be myself
And I grew to love it
Chorus:
DmDm
Work your thing out
FF
(Let 'em get mad, they gonna hate anyway)
G minorGm
Work your thing out
A minorAm
(Don't you get that?)
DmDm
Work your thing out
FF
(Doesn't matter if you're going on with their plan)
G minorGm
Work your thing out
(They'll never be happy
A minorAm
'Cause they're not happy with themselves)
Post-Chorus:
DmDm FF G minorGm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
A minorAm
I'm talking 'bout things that I know
DmDm FF G minorGm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
A minorAm
It's okay, show yourself some love
DmDm FF G minorGm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
A minorAm
Don't worry 'bout who's saying what
DmDm FF G minorGm
It's gonna be fiiiine, work what you got
A minorAm
Work what you got
Bridge:
DmDm FF
Work that, work that, work that
G minorGm A minorAm
Girl, don't hold back, you just be yourself
DmDm FF
You just work that, work that, work that
G minorGm A minorAm
Girl, don't hold back, you just be yourself
DmDm FF
You just work that, work that, work that
G minorGm A minorAm
Girl, don't hold back, you just be yourself
DmDm FF
You just work that, work that, work that
G minorGm A minorAm
Girl, don't hold back, you just be yourself
Post-Chorus:
DmDm FF G minorGm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
A minorAm
I'm talking 'bout things that I know
DmDm FF G minorGm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
A minorAm
It's okay, show yourself some love
DmDm FF G minorGm
Yeah yeah, work what you got
A minorAm
Don't worry 'bout who's saying what
DmDm FF G minorGm
It's gonna be fiiiine, work what you got
A minorAm
Work what you got
Bridge:
DmDm FF
Work that, work that, work that
G minorGm A minorAm
Girl, don't hold back, you just be yourself
DmDm FF
You just work that, work that, work that
G minorGm A minorAm
Girl, don't hold back, you just be yourself
DmDm FF
You just work that, work that, work that
G minorGm A minorAm
Girl, don't hold back, you just be yourself
DmDm FF
You just work that, work that, work that
G minorGm A minorAm
Girl, don't hold back, you just be yourself
Outro:
DmDm FF G minorGm A minorAm
