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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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