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