How The World Works chords by Bo Burnham (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(E minor7) Hey, kids (A major)
Today, we're gonna learn
about the (D minoraj7) world (B7/Eb)
Verse 1
(E minor7) The world that's around (A major) us
is pretty amazing (D major)
But how does it work?
It must be com (B7/Eb) pli cated (E minor7)
The secret is the (A major) world can only (D major) work
When everything works togeth (B7/Eb) er
(E minor7) A bee drinks from a flower (A major)
And leaves with its pollen (D major)
A squirrel in a tree
Spreads the seeds (B7/Eb) that have fallen (E minor7)
Everything (A major) works together
(D major) The big (E flatdim7) gest elephant, the (E minor7) littlest (A major) fly
(D major) The go (E flatdim7) phers underground,
the (E minor7) birds in the (A major) sky
(F sharp/Bb) And (B minor) every single (B minor/Bb) cricket,
every (B minor/A) fish in the sea (A flat minor7b5)
(G major) Gives what they can and (E7) gets what they (A major) need
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Chorus 1
(D major) That is how the (A flatdim7) world works (G major)
That is how the (E7) world (A major) works
(D major) From A to Zebra
To the (F sharp7) worms in the (B minor) dirt
(G major) That's (G/A) how it works
Bridge 1
(D major) Hey every (D minoraj7) one
Look who stopped by to (D6) say hello
It's (D minoraj7) Socko (Hey) (D major)
Where you (D minoraj7) been, Socko?
(I've (D6) been where I always am
when you're not (D minoraj7) wearing me on your hand)
(D major) (In a frightening, liminal (D minoraj7) space
between states of (D6) being)
(Not quite dead, (D minoraj7) not quite alive)
(It's (D major) similar
to a constant state of (D minoraj7) sleep paralysis)
Socko, (D6) we were just talking about the world
and (D minoraj7) how it works
(Boy, (D major) that sounds complicated (D minoraj7)
Do you have anything
you'd want to teach (D6) us about the world?
(I wouldn't (D minoraj7) say anything that you probably
haven't (D major) already said yourself)
I don't (D minoraj7) know about that, Socko
How about (E7) you give it a try?
(A7) Alright!
Verse 2
(E minor7) The simple narrative taught (A major)
in every history class (D minoraj7)
Is demonstrably false
and peda (B7/Eb) gogically classist (E minor7)
Don't you know the (A major) world
is built with (D minoraj7) blood?
And genocide and exploita (B7/Eb) tion
(E minor7) The global network of capital (A major)
essentially functions (D minoraj7)
To separate the worker
from the means (B7/Eb) of production (E minor7)
And the FBI (A major) killed Martin Luther (D major) King
Private (E flatdim7) property's in (E minor7) herently theft (A major)
And (D major) neoliberal (E flatdim7) fascists
are des (E minor7) troying the left (A major)
(F sharp/Bb) And (B minor) every poli (B minor/Bb) tician,
every (B minor/A) cop on the street (A flat minor7b5)
Protects the (G major) interests
of the pedophilic (E7) corporate elite (A major)
Chorus 2
(D major) That is how the (A flatdim7) world works (really?)
(G major) That is how the (E7) world (A major) works
(D major) Genocide, the Natives say you (F sharp7) got to it (B minor) first
(G major) That's (G/A) how it
Bridge 2
(D major) (works) That's pretty in (D minoraj7) tense
(No shit)
(D6) What can I do to (D minoraj7) help?
(Read a book or (D major) something, I don't know)
(D minoraj7) (Just don't burden me
with the re (D6) sponsibility of educating you)
(D minoraj7) (It's incredibly exhausting)
(D major) I'm sorry, Socko
I was just try (D minoraj7) ing to become a better person
(D6) (Why do you rich fuck (D minoraj7) ing white people
insist on (D major) seeing every socio-political (D minoraj7) conflict)
(Through the myopic lens
of (D6) your own self_actualiza (D minoraj7) tion?)
(This isn't about (D major) you)
(So either get with (D minoraj7) it,
or get out of the fucking (D6) way)
Watch your mouth, buddy,
remember (D minoraj7) who's on whose hand (D major) here
(But that's what I-
have you not (D minoraj7) been fucking listening?)
(D6) (We are entrenched in)
(Wait, wait, wait, (D minoraj7) no please!)
(I don't wanna go back, please)
(D major) (I can't go, (D minoraj7) 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 (A flatdim7) world works
(G major) That is how the (E7) world (A major) works
I (D major) hope you learned your lesson
(I (F sharp7) did and it (B minor) hurt) (G major) That's (G/A) how it works
How The World Works
Bo Burnham
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