var url = 'works.json';
var XHR = ("onload" in new XMLHttpRequest()) ? XMLHttpRequest :
XDomainRequest;
var xhr = new XHR();
xhr.open('GET', url, true);
xhr.onload = function() {
    console.log(JSON.parse(this.responseText));
}
xhr.send();

$.getJSON('works.json', function(data){
  console.log(data);
});

chrome.exe --allow-file-access-from-files --disable-web-security