That’s the Way It Goes chords by Chubby Checker

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Verse 1
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Listen, little brothers,
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to what I'm putting down
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You know this world
is a funny old world,
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and it just goes round and round
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That's the way it goes,
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that's the way it goes
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Old brothers  wear it and
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nobody knows
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That's the way it goes
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When you're a winner,
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you've got lots of friends
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Everybody loves you so
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But when things change,
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your good luck ends
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Where did everybody go?
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That's the way it goes
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That's the way it  goes
Home, brother
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Where it ends, nobody knows
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That's the way it goes
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You got a baby, and you love her so
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She says that you're her only pearl
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Here comes your buddy and he says hello
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And it's goodbye little girl
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That's the way it  goes
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That's the way it goes
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Oh brothers,
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where it ends nobody knows
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That's the way it goes
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Now listen, little brothers,
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play the game like you've been taught
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Do everything like everybody else,
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but don't you ever get caught
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That's the way it goes,
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that's the way it goes
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Oh brother, where it ain't
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nobody knows
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That's the way it goes
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Now that guy over there,
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he  shouts all day
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That he's gonna make
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the world fall down
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But this old world is a funny old world
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And it still goes round and round
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That's the way it  goes
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That's the way it goes
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Oh brother, where it ends,
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nobody knows
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That's the way it goes
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That's the way it goes
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That's the way it goes
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Oh, brothers, ladies
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Nobody knows
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That's the way it goes