Chords Info
- Tuning: Standard(EADGBE)
- Key: D
- Chords: D, Em, A, B/Eb, Gb/Bb, Bm, Daug/Bb, D/A, D(b5)/Ab, G, E, Gb7, Gbm/Db, Bm7, E/Ab
- Suggested Strumming:
D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
[Intro]
Em A
Hey, kids
D D B/Eb
Today, we're gonna learn about the world
[Verse 1]
Em A
The world that's around us
D
Is pretty amazing
D
But how does it work?
B/Eb
It must be complicated
Em A D
The secret is the world can only work
D B/Eb
When everything works together
[Verse 2]
Em A
A bee drinks from a flower
D
And leaves with its pollen
D
A squirrel in a tree
B/Eb Em
Spreads the seeds that have fallen
A
Everything works together
D B/Eb Em A
The biggest elephant, the littlest fly
D B/Eb Em A
The gophers underground, the birds in the sky
Gb/Bb Bm Daug/Bb D/A D(b5)/Ab
And every single cricket, every fish in the sea
G E A
Gives what they can and gets what they need
[Chorus]
D E
That is how the world works
G Em A
That is how the world works
D
From A to Zebra
Gb7 Bm
To the worms in the dirt
G D/A
That's how it works
[Interlude 1]
D Gbm/Db
Hey everyone
Bm7
Look who stopped by to say hello
Gbm/Db
It's Socko
D
Hey!
Gbm/Db
Where you been, Socko?
Bm7 Gbm/Db
I've been where I always am when you're not wearing me on your hand
D Gbm/Db Bm7
In a frightening, liminal space between states of being
Gbm/Db
Not quite dead, not quite alive
D Gbm/Db
It's similar to a constant state of sleep paralysis
Bm7 Gbm/Db
Socko, we were just talking about the world and how it works
D Gbm/Db
Boy, that sounds complicated!
Bm7
Do you have anything you'd want to teach us about the world?
Gbm/Db D
I wouldn't say anything that you probably haven't already said yourself
Gbm/Db
I don't know about that, Socko
E A
How about you give it a try?
Alright!
[Verse 3]
Em A D
The simple narrative taught in every history class
D B/Eb Em
Is demonstrably false and pedagogically classist
A D
Don't you know the world is built with blood?
D B/Eb
And genocide and exploitation
Em A D
The global network of capital essentially functions
D B/Eb Em
To separate the worker from the means of production
A D
And the FBI killed Martin Luther King
D B/Eb Em A
Private property's inherently theft
D B/Eb Em A
And neoliberal fascists are destroying the left
Gb/Bb Bm Daug/Bb D/A D(b5)/Ab
And every politician, every cop on the street
G E A
Protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite
[Chorus]
D E
That is how the world works
Really?
G E/Ab A
That is how the world works
D Gb7 Bm
Genocide, the Natives say you got to it first
G D/A
That's how it works
[Interlude 2]
D Gbm/Db
That's pretty intense
Bm
No sh*t
Gbm/Db
What can I do to help?
D
Read a book or something, I don't know
Gbm/Db Bm7
Just don't burden me with the responsibility
of educating you
Gbm/Db
It's incredibly exhausting
D
I'm sorry, Socko
Gbm/Db Bm7
I was just trying to become a better person
Gbm/Db D
Why do you rich f*cking white people insist on seeing every
Gbm/Db Bm7 Gbm/Db
socio-political conflict through the myopic lens of your own self-actualization?
the myopic lens of your own self-actualization?
D
This isn't about you
Gbm/Db Bm7
So either get with it, or get out of the f*cking way
Watch your mouth, buddy
Gbm/Db D
Remember who's on whose hand here
But that's what I--
Gbm/Db
Have you not been f**king listening?
Bm
We are entrenched in--
Alright, alright
Gbm/Db
Wait, no please!
I don't wanna go back, please
D
I can't go, I can't go back
N.C.
Please, please, I'm sorry
Are you gonna behave yourself?
Yes
Yes, what?
Yes, sir
Look at me
Yes, sir
That's better
[Chorus]
D E
That is how the world works
G E/Ab A
That is how the world works
D
I hope you learned your lesson
Gb7 Bm
I did and it hurt
G D/A
That's how it works
