Verse 1
[Am]Somewhere in the world there is a father and a mother
And the father is a son who has a mother
The mother has a d[F]daughter who gets married to the brother of a mother
And they [Dm]all just try to multi[Em]multiply with one another
Pre-Chorus
'Cause t[Am]that's just the way of the world
It never ends till the end, then you start again
Th[F]That's just the way of the world
Th[Dm]That's just the way of the w[Em]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
Someb[F]Somebody works for them and so they think they've got it made
But th[Dm]they're all just working to get p[Em]paid the very same
Chorus
And so they k[Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna k[F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-[Dm]skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum [Em]
And so they k[Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna k[F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-[Dm]skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum [Em]
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
And the p[F]police came to get him, but they let him get away
'Cause th[Dm]they're all just working to get p[Em]paid the very same
Pre-Chorus
'Cause t[Am]that's just the way of the world
It never ends till the end, then you start again
Th[F]That's just the way of the world
Th[Dm]That's just the way of the w[Em]world
Chorus
And so they k[Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna k[F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-[Dm]skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum [Em]
And so they k[Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna k[F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-[Dm]skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum [Em]
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
Don't be [Dm]one of them people just tw[Em]twiddlin' them thumbs
Pre-Chorus
'Cause t[Am]that's just the way of the world
It never ends till the end, then you start again
Th[F]That's just the way of the world
Th[Dm]That's just the way of the w[Em]world
Chorus
And so they k[Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna k[F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-[Dm]skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum [Em]
And so they k[Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna k[F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-[Dm]skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum [Em]
Outro
And so they k[Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna k[F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum)
'Cause th[Dm]that's just the way of the w[Em]world
