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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It never ends till the end, then you start again
  Bb
That's just the way of the world
  Gm                        Am
That's just the way of the world
 
Chorus:
             Dm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
            Bb                                    Gm             Am
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
             Dm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
            Bb                                    Gm             Am
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
 
Outro:
             Dm
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
            Bb
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs -skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum-
         Gm                        Am
'Cause that's just the way of the world