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How The World Works chords by 
Bo Burnham 
Key: D major•BPM: 131
Intro 1
Dm
G
Hey, kids
Today, we're gonna learn
C
A
about the world
Verse 1
Dm
G
The world that's around us
C
is pretty amazing
But how does it work?
A
Dm
It must be complicated
G
C
The secret is the world can only work
A
When everything works together
Dm
G
A bee drinks from a flower
C
And leaves with its pollen
A squirrel in a tree
A
Dm
Spreads the seeds that have fallen
G
Everything works together
C
A
Dm
G
The biggest elephant, the littlest fly
C
A
The gophers underground,
Dm
G
the birds in the sky
E
Am
And every single cricket,
every fish in the sea
F
D
G
Gives what they can and gets what they need
Chorus 1
C
B
F
That is how the world works
D
G
That is how the world works
C
From A to Zebra
E
Am
To the worms in the dirt
F
G
That's how it works
Bridge 1
C
Hey everyone
Look who stopped by to say hello
C
It's Socko (Hey)
Where you been, Socko?
(I've been where I always am
when you're not wearing me on your hand)
C
(In a frightening, liminal space
between states of being)
(Not quite dead, not quite alive)
C
(It's similar
to a constant state of sleep paralysis)
Socko, we were just talking about the world
and how it works
C
(Boy, that sounds complicated
Do you have anything
you'd want to teach us about the world?
(I wouldn't say anything that you probably
C
haven't already said yourself)
I don't know about that, Socko
D
How about you give it a try?
G
Alright!
Verse 2
Dm
G
The simple narrative taught
C
in every history class
Is demonstrably false
A
Dm
and pedagogically classist
G
Don't you know the world
C
is built with blood?
A
And genocide and exploitation
Dm
G
The global network of capital
C
essentially functions
To separate the worker
A
Dm
from the means of production
G
C
And the FBI killed Martin Luther King
A
Dm
G
Private property's inherently theft
C
A
And neoliberal fascists
Dm
G
are destroying the left
E
Am
And every politician,
every cop on the street
F
Protects the interests
D
G
of the pedophilic corporate elite
Chorus 2
C
B
That is how the world works (really?)
F
D
G
That is how the world works
C
E
Am
Genocide, the Natives say you got to it first
F
G
That's how it
Bridge 2
C
(works) That's pretty intense
(No shit)
What can I do to help?
C
(Read a book or something, I don't know)
(Just don't burden me
with the responsibility of educating you)
(It's incredibly exhausting)
C
I'm sorry, Socko
I was just trying to become a better person
(Why do you rich fucking white people
C
insist on seeing every socio-political conflict)
(Through the myopic lens
of your own selfactualization?)
C
(This isn't about you)
(So either get with it,
or get out of the fucking way)
Watch your mouth, buddy,
C
remember who's on whose hand 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)
C
(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
C
B
That is how the world works
F
D
G
That is how the world works
C
I hope you learned your lesson
E
Am
F
G
(I did and it hurt) That's how it works
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