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