How The World Works chords by Bo Burnham
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Intro 1
(E minor) Hey, kids (A major)
Today, we're gonna learn
about the (D major) world (B major)
Verse 1
(E minor) The world that's around (A major) us
is pretty amazing (D major)
But how does it work?
It must be com (B major) plicated (E minor)
The secret is the (A major) world can only (D major) work
When everything works togeth (B major) er
(E minor) A bee drinks from a flower (A major)
And leaves with its pollen (D major)
A squirrel in a tree
Spreads the seeds (B major) that have fallen (E minor)
Everything (A major) works together
(D major) The big (B major) gest elephant, the (E minor) littlest (A major) fly
(D major) The go (B major) phers underground,
the (E minor) birds in the (A major) sky
(F sharp major) And (B minor) every single cricket,
every fish in the sea
(G major) Gives what they can and (E major) gets what they (A major) need
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Chorus 1
(D major) That is how the (C sharp major) world works (G major)
That is how the (E major) world (A major) works
(D major) From A to Zebra
To the (F sharp major) worms in the (B minor) dirt
(G major) That's (A major) how it works
Bridge 1
(D major) Hey everyone
Look who stopped by to say hello
It's Socko (Hey) (D major)
Where you been, Socko?
(I've been where I always am
when you're not wearing me on your hand)
(D major) (In a frightening, liminal space
between states of being)
(Not quite dead, not quite alive)
(It's (D major) similar
to a constant state of sleep paralysis)
Socko, we were just talking about the world
and how it works
(Boy, (D major) that sounds complicated
Do you have anything
you'd want to teach us about the world?
(I wouldn't say anything that you probably
haven't (D major) already said yourself)
I don't know about that, Socko
How about (E major) you give it a try?
(A major) Alright!
Verse 2
(E minor) The simple narrative taught (A major)
in every history class (D major)
Is demonstrably false
and peda (B major) gogically classist (E minor)
Don't you know the (A major) world
is built with (D major) blood?
And genocide and exploita (B major) tion
(E minor) The global network of capital (A major)
essentially functions (D major)
To separate the worker
from the means (B major) of production (E minor)
And the FBI (A major) killed Martin Luther (D major) King
Private (B major) property's in (E minor) herently theft (A major)
And (D major) neoliberal (B major) fascists
are des (E minor) troying the left (A major)
(F sharp major) And (B minor) every politician,
every cop on the street
Protects the (G major) interests
of the pedophilic (E major) corporate elite (A major)
Chorus 2
(D major) That is how the (C sharp major) world works (really?)
(G major) That is how the (E major) world (A major) works
(D major) Genocide, the Natives say you (F sharp major) got to it (B minor) first
(G major) That's (A major) how it
Bridge 2
(D major) (works) That's pretty intense
(No shit)
What can I do to help?
(Read a book or (D major) something, I don't know)
(Just don't burden me
with the responsibility of educating you)
(It's incredibly exhausting)
(D major) I'm sorry, Socko
I was just trying to become a better person
(Why do you rich fucking white people
insist on (D major) seeing every socio-political conflict)
(Through the myopic lens
of your own self_actualization?)
(This isn't about (D major) you)
(So either get with it,
or get out of the fucking way)
Watch your mouth, buddy,
remember who's on whose hand (D major) here
(But that's what I-
have you not been fucking listening?)
(We are entrenched in)
(Wait, wait, wait, no please!)
(I don't wanna go back, please)
(D major) (I can't go, I can't go back)
(Please, please, I'm sorry)
Are you gonna behave yourself?
(Yes)
Yes, what?
(Yes, sir) look at me
(Yes, sir)
Outro 1
That's better
(D major) That is how the (C sharp major) world works
(G major) That is how the (E major) world (A major) works
I (D major) hope you learned your lesson
(I (F sharp major) did and it (B minor) hurt) (G major) That's (A major) how it works
How The World Works
Bo Burnham
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