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We Don't Work For Free chords by Grandmaster Melle Mel

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Verse 1
In (A minor) the darkness of night,
all the stage lights are shining bright, (F major)
hey, and we work (A minor) very hard
(G major) to make you (A minor) stay,
but it ain't no thing y 'all,
cause I (G major) know that you can hang,
we're not too expensive,
but you got to pay. (C major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major) (G major) (C major)
(A minor) (F major) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (F major) (G major) (C major)
(F major) (G major)
Some (C major) (A minor) say the money
is (F major) the root of (G major) all (C major) evil (A minor) (F major) (G major)
It's (C major) (A minor) not the love or (F major) lust of it
that (G major) makes men (C major) greedy (A minor) (F major)
You (G major) say you (C major) wanna go (A minor) for a ride? (F major)
You (G major) gotta pay the fare (C major) (A minor) (F major)
(G major) So stop! (C major) You ain't got no money, (F major)
you ain't (G major) got no beat (C major)
(A minor) (F major) (G major) (F major) (G major)
(C major) (A minor)
An (F major) d I say (G major) to you,
(F major) can't you see, baby, (G major)
we don't work for free? (C major) (A minor) (F major) (G major)
You (C major) know (A minor) you gotta live, (F major)
but you have (C major) to get your
stuff for free. (A minor) (F major) (G major)
Man, (C major) these (A minor) times are hard, hey
I (F major) don't (G major) know how to come easy (C major) (A minor) (F major)
(G major) I just (C major) got (A minor) good news
You (F major) wanna (C major) come with me? (A minor) (F major) (G major)
Hey, let's (A minor) go uptown
I (F major) got something (G major) you should see (C major)
(F major) An (A minor) d my (F major) friends all say to (G major) you,
they say
(F major) Got no satisfaction, (G major)
won't you come and work for me? (C major) (A minor)
(F major) And I (G major) say to you, (F major) can't you see, baby, (G major)
we don't want to go free?
(C major) Finance (G major) city life,
you got to work to afford paradise,
but (F major) if you're living in a glass house,
don't (G major) throw no stones.
Rah! Slave trade, don't get laid,
you got to get paid
if you (F major) want to go places
where (G major) you've never been before.
OK, baby, rah!
I don't know (C major) where
you've (A minor) been before (F major)
(G major) But don't matter with (C major) me (A minor) (F major)
(G major) Better (C major) save your (A minor) pennies,
nickels and dimes
Be (F major) cause we (G major) don't break for free (C major) (A minor) (F major)
I (G major) just (C major) got (A minor) good news (F major)
You wanna come (C major) with me? (A minor) (F major) (G major)
Come (C major) on, let's (A minor) go uptown, baby (F major)
Because (G major) we don't break
(C major) for free (A minor) (F major) (G major) (C major) (A minor)
(F major) Oh, we (C major) don't wait for free,
(A minor) gotta un (F major) derstand what I (G major) mean,
(C major) don't you wanna come with (A minor) me?
(F major) Can't define yourself,
(G major) unless you wait for (C major) free,
but come on (A minor) now,
and I (F major) don't know what to say
(G major) In the darkness of night,
all the stage lights are shining bright
Hey, and we work very hard
to make you stay,
but it ain't no thing y 'all
Cuz I know that you can hang
we're not too expensive, but you got to pay
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