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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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