Intro to AmAsus4FDmEmVerse 1Am
Somewhere in the world there is a father and a mother
And the father is a son who has a mother
F
The mother has a daughter who gets married to the brother of a mother
DmEm
And they all just try to multiply with one another
Pre-ChorusAm
'Cause that's just the way of the world
It never ends till the end, then you start again
F
That's just the way of the world
DmEm
That's just the way of the world
Verse 2Am
Somewhere in the world they think they work all for themselves
They get up everyday to go to work for someone else
F
Somebody works for them and so they think they've got it made
DmEm
But they're all just working to get paid the very same
ChorusAm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
FDmEm
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
Am
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
FDmEm
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
Verse 3Am
Somewhere in the world you got a robber at a bank
And the bank robbed the people so the people rob the bank
F
And the police came to get him, but they let him get away
DmEm
'Cause they're all just working to get paid the very same
Pre-ChorusAm
'Cause that's just the way of the world
It never ends till the end, then you start again
F
That's just the way of the world
DmEm
That's just the way of the world
ChorusAm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
FDmEm
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
Am
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
FDmEm
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
BridgeAm
Don't believe everything that you hear
Let it go through your left and right ear
F
Don't just march to the beat of that drum
DmEm
Don't be one of them people just twiddlin' them thumbs
Pre-ChorusAm
'Cause that's just the way of the world
It never ends till the end, then you start again
F
That's just the way of the world
DmEm
That's just the way of the world
ChorusAm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
FDmEm
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
Am
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
FDmEm
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
OutroAm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
F
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum)
DmEm
'Cause that's just the way of the world
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