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