Verse 1:
Cm
Somewhere in the world there is a father and a mother

And the father is a son who has a mother
                  Ab
The mother has a daughter who gets married to the brother of a mother
         Fm                   Gm
And they all just try to multiply with one another
 
Pre-chorus:
        Cm
'Cause that's just the way of the world

It never ends till the end, then you start again
  Ab
That's just the way of the world
  Fm                        Gm
That's just the way of the world
 
Verse 2:
Cm
Somewhere in the world they think they work all for themselves

They get up everyday to go to work for someone else
     Ab
Somebody works for them and so they think they've got it made
      Fm                             Gm
But they're all just working to get paid the very same
 
Chorus:
             Cm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
            Ab                                    Fm             Gm
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
             Cm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
            Ab                                    Fm             Gm
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
 
Verse 3:
Cm
Somewhere in the world you got a robber at a bank

And the bank robbed the people so the people rob the bank
         Ab
And the police came to get him, but they let him get away
         Fm                             Gm
'Cause they're all just working to get paid the very same
 
Pre-chorus:
        Cm
'Cause that's just the way of the world

It never ends till the end, then you start again
  Ab
That's just the way of the world
  Fm                        Gm
That's just the way of the world
 
Chorus:
             Cm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
            Ab                                    Fm             Gm
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
             Cm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
            Ab                                    Fm             Gm
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
 
Bridge:
Cm
Don't believe everything that you hear

Let it go through your left and right ear
Ab
Don't just march to the beat of that drum
         Fm                        Gm
Don't be one of them people just twiddlin' them thumbs
 
Pre-chorus:
        Cm
'Cause that's just the way of the world

It never ends till the end, then you start again
  Ab
That's just the way of the world
  Fm                        Gm
That's just the way of the world
 
Chorus:
             Cm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
            Ab                                    Fm             Gm
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
             Cm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
            Ab                                    Fm             Gm
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
 
Outro:
             Cm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
            Ab
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum)
         Fm                        Gm
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