How The World Works chords by Bo Burnham (Official Version)
Intro 1
Em7
A
Hey, kids
Today, we're gonna learn
Dmaj7
B7/Eb
about the world
Verse 1
Em7
A
The world that's around us
D
is pretty amazing
But how does it work?
B7/Eb
Em7
It must be compli cated
A
D
The secret is the world can only work
B7/Eb
When everything works together
Em7
A
A bee drinks from a flower
D
And leaves with its pollen
A squirrel in a tree
B7/Eb
Em7
Spreads the seeds that have fallen
A
Everything works together
D
Ebdim7
Em7
A
The biggest elephant, the littlest fly
D
Ebdim7
The gophers underground,
Em7
A
the birds in the sky
F#/Bb
Bm
Bm/Bb
And every single cricket,
Bm/A
Abm7b5
every fish in the sea
G
E7
A
Gives what they can and gets what they need
New- Play with audio & scroll
Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.
Chorus 1
D
Abdim7
G
That is how the world works
E7
A
That is how the world works
D
From A to Zebra
F#7
Bm
To the worms in the dirt
G
G/A
That's how it works
Bridge 1
D
Dmaj7
Hey everyone
D6
Look who stopped by to say hello
Dmaj7
D
It's Socko (Hey)
Dmaj7
Where you been, Socko?
D6
(I've been where I always am
Dmaj7
when you're not wearing me on your hand)
D
Dmaj7
(In a frightening, liminal space
D6
between states of being)
Dmaj7
(Not quite dead, not quite alive)
D
(It's similar
Dmaj7
to a constant state of sleep paralysis)
D6
Socko, we were just talking about the world
Dmaj7
and how it works
D
Dmaj7
(Boy, that sounds complicated
Do you have anything
D6
you'd want to teach us about the world?
Dmaj7
(I wouldn't say anything that you probably
D
haven't already said yourself)
Dmaj7
I don't know about that, Socko
E7
How about you give it a try?
A7
Alright!
Verse 2
Em7
A
The simple narrative taught
Dmaj7
in every history class
Is demonstrably false
B7/Eb
Em7
and pedagogically classist
A
Don't you know the world
Dmaj7
is built with blood?
B7/Eb
And genocide and exploitation
Em7
A
The global network of capital
Dmaj7
essentially functions
To separate the worker
B7/Eb
Em7
from the means of production
A
D
And the FBI killed Martin Luther King
Ebdim7
Em7
A
Private property's inherently theft
D
Ebdim7
And neoliberal fascists
Em7
A
are destroying the left
F#/Bb
Bm
Bm/Bb
And every politician,
Bm/A
Abm7b5
every cop on the street
G
Protects the interests
E7
A
of the pedophilic corporate elite
Chorus 2
D
Abdim7
That is how the world works (really?)
G
E7
A
That is how the world works
D
F#7
Bm
Genocide, the Natives say you got to it first
G
G/A
That's how it
Bridge 2
D
Dmaj7
(works) That's pretty intense
(No shit)
D6
Dmaj7
What can I do to help?
D
(Read a book or something, I don't know)
Dmaj7
(Just don't burden me
D6
with the responsibility of educating you)
Dmaj7
(It's incredibly exhausting)
D
I'm sorry, Socko
Dmaj7
I was just trying to become a better person
D6
Dmaj7
(Why do you rich fucking white people
D
Dmaj7
insist on seeing every socio-political conflict)
(Through the myopic lens
D6
Dmaj7
of your own self_actualization?)
D
(This isn't about you)
Dmaj7
(So either get with it,
D6
or get out of the fucking way)
Watch your mouth, buddy,
Dmaj7
D
remember who's on whose hand here
(But that's what I-
Dmaj7
have you not been fucking listening?)
D6
(We are entrenched in)
Dmaj7
(Wait, wait, wait, no please!)
(I don't wanna go back, please)
D
Dmaj7
(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
Abdim7
That is how the world works
G
E7
A
That is how the world works
D
I hope you learned your lesson
F#7
Bm
G
G/A
(I did and it hurt) That's how it works
How The World Works
Bo Burnham
Speed: 1.0x
RestartPlay SpaceEnable loopDisable audioMore songs by Bo Burnham
Discover chords for more songs to play
4.9
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users