Tom: Eb
Intro: Cm Cm Ab7 Fm Bb
(Verse 1)
Cm
Somewhere in the world
there is a father and a mother
Cm
And the father is a son who has a mother
Ab7
The mother has a daughter who gets married to the brother of a mother
Fm Bb
And they all just try to multiply with one another
(Pre-Chorus)
Cm
'Cause that's just the way of the world
Cm
It never ends till the end, then you start again
Ab7
That's just the way of the world
Fm Bb
That's just the way of the world
(Verse 2)
Cm
Somewhere in the world
they think they work all for themselves
Cm
They get up everyday to go to work for someone else
Ab7
Somebody works for them and so they think they've got it made
Fm Bb
But they're all just working to get paid the very same
(Chorus)
Cm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs,
Ab7
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs,
Cm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs,
Ab7
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs,
(Verse 3)
Cm
Somewhere in the world you got a robber at a bank
And the bank robbed the people
Cm
so the people rob the bank
Ab7
And the police came to get him, but they let him get away
Fm Bb
'Cause they're all just working to get paid the very same
[Pre-Chorus]
Cm
'Cause that's just the way of the world
Cm
It never ends till the end, then you start again
Ab7
That's just the way of the world
Fm Bb
That's just the way of the world
[Chorus]
Cm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs,
Ab7
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs,
Cm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs,
Ab7
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs,
[Bridge]
Cm
Don't believe everything that you hear
Cm
Let it go through your left and right ear
Ab7
Don't just march to the beat of that drum
Fm Bb
Don't be one of them people just twiddlin' them thumbs
[Pre-Chorus]
Cm
'Cause that's just the way of the world
Cm
It never ends till the end, then you start again
Ab7
That's just the way of the world
Fm Bb
That's just the way of the world
[Chorus]
Cm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs,
Ab7
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs,
Cm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs,
Ab7
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs,
[Outro]
Fm Bb Cm
'Cause that's just the way of the world