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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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