How The World Works original guitar chords by
Bo Burnham

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Key: D major

Intro 1

Em7

Em7

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A

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Hey, kids

Today, we're gonna learn

Dmaj7

Dmaj7

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B7/Eb

B7/Eb

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about the world

Verse 1
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A A 
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The world that's around us
D D 
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is pretty amazing
But how does it work?
B7/Eb B7/Eb 
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Em7 Em7 
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It must be compli      cated
A A 
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D D 
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The secret is the world can only work
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When everything works together
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A A 
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A bee drinks from a flower
D D 
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And leaves with its pollen
A squirrel in a tree
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Em7 Em7 
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Spreads the seeds that     have fallen
A A 
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Everything works together
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Ebdim7 Ebdim7 
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Em7 Em7 
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A A 
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The biggest      elephant, the littlest fly
D D 
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Ebdim7 Ebdim7 
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The gophers     underground,
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A A 
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the birds in the sky
F#/Bb F#/Bb 4
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Bm Bm 2
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Bm/Bb Bm/Bb 
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And      every single cricket,
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Abm7b5 Abm7b5 3
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every fish   in the sea
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A A 
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Gives what they can and gets what they need

Chorus 1
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Abdim7 Abdim7 3
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G G 
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That is how the world     works
E7 E7 
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A A 
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That is how the world works
D D 
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From A to Zebra
F#7 F#7 2
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Bm Bm 2
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To the worms in the dirt
G G 
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G/A G/A 3
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That's how   it works

Bridge 1
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Dmaj7 Dmaj7 
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Hey everyone
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Look who stopped by to say hello
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D D 
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It's Socko    (Hey)
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Where you been,    Socko?
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(I've been where I always am
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when you're not wearing  me on your hand)
D D 
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Dmaj7 Dmaj7 
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(In a frightening, liminal space
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between states of being)
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(Not quite dead,    not quite alive)
D D 
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(It's similar
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to a constant state of sleep    paralysis)
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Socko, we were just talking about the world
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and how      it works
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Dmaj7 Dmaj7 
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(Boy, that sounds complicated
Do you have anything
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you'd want to teach us  about the world?
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(I wouldn't say      anything that you probably
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haven't already said yourself)
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I don't know     about that, Socko
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How about you give it a try?
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Alright!

Verse 2
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A A 
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The simple narrative taught
Dmaj7 Dmaj7 
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in every history class
Is demonstrably false
B7/Eb B7/Eb 
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Em7 Em7 
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and pedagogically classist
A A 
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Don't you know the world
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is built with blood?
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And genocide and exploitation
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A A 
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The global network of capital
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essentially functions
To separate the worker
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Em7 Em7 
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from the means of       production
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D D 
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And the FBI killed Martin Luther King
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A A 
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Private property's inherently theft
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And neoliberal fascists
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are destroying the left
F#/Bb F#/Bb 4
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Bm/Bb Bm/Bb 
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And      every politician,
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every cop    on the street
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Protects the interests
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of the pedophilic corporate elite

Chorus 2

D

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Abdim7

Abdim7

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That is how the world works (really?)

G

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E7

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A

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That is how the world works

D

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F#7

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Bm

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Genocide, the Natives say you got to it first

G

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G/A

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That's how it

Bridge 2
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Dmaj7 Dmaj7 
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(works) That's pretty intense
(No shit)
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What can I do to help?
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(Read a book or something, I don't know)
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(Just    don't burden me
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with the responsibility of educating you)
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(It's    incredibly exhausting)
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I'm sorry, Socko
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I was just trying      to become a better person
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(Why do you rich fucking      white people
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insist on seeing every socio-political conflict)
(Through the myopic lens
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of your own self_actualization?)
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(This isn't about you)
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(So either get with it,
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or get out of the fucking way)
Watch your mouth, buddy,
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D D 
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remember who's    on whose hand here
(But that's what I-
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have you not been     fucking listening?)
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(We are entrenched in)
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(Wait, wait, wait, no       please!)
(I don't wanna go back, please)
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(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
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That is how the world     works
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E7 E7 
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That is how the world works
D D 
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I hope you learned your lesson
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G G 
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G/A G/A 3
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(I did   and it hurt) That's how   it works

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsEm7 A Dmaj7 B7/Eb D...

Em7
A
Dmaj7
B7/Eb
D
Ebdim7
F#/Bb
Bm
Bm/Bb
Bm/A
Abm7b5
G
E7
Abdim7
F#7
G/A
D6
A7
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Chords

Em7
A
Dmaj7
B7/Eb
D
Ebdim7
F#/Bb
Bm
Bm/Bb
Bm/A
Abm7b5
G
E7
Abdim7
F#7
G/A
D6
A7
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