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How The World Works
Bo Burnham
Key : Em
Capo
[Intro]
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Em
  Hey, kids
A                               D        B7
 Today, we're gonna learn about the world

[Verse 1]
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Em                       A                 D
  The world that's around us is pretty amazing
                                     B7  Em
But how does it work? It must be complicated
                   A              D
The secret is: The world can only work
                          B7
When everything works together
Em                       A                          D
  A bee drinks from a flower and leaves with its pollen
                                       B7           Em
A squirrel in a tree spreads the seeds that have fallen
           A
Everything works together

[Pre-Chorus (1)]
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D       B7                 Em       A
 The biggest elephant, the littlest fly
D      B7                     Em           A
 The gophers underground, the birds in the sky
A#dim7 Bm           Daug/B         Bm7            Bm6
And    every single cricket, every fish in the sea
G                       E              A
Gives what they can and gets what they need

[Chorus (1)]
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D               Bm6
That is how the world works
G                Em    A
 That is how the world works
D                           F#7          Bm
 From "A" to "zebra" to the worms in the dirt
G      A7sus4
That's how   it works

[Bridge (1)]
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D          Dmaj7                           D6          Dmaj7
 Hey, everyone, look who stopped by to say hello! It's Socko!
D
Hey!
          Dmaj7
Where you been, Socko?
     D6                                     Dmaj7                   D                  
I've been where I always am when you're not wearing me on your hand: in a frightening, 
        Dmaj7                   D6                     Dmaj7                  D        
liminal space between states of being! Not quite dead, not  quite alive! It's similar 
                      Dmaj7
to a constant state of sleep paralysis
       D6                                       Dmaj7
Socko, we were just talking about the world and how  it works
     D                   Dmaj7
Boy, that sounds complicated! 
                                            D6
Do you have anything you'd want to teach us about the world?
           Dmaj7                                   D
I wouldn't say  anything that you probably haven't already said yourself
        Dmaj7                        D6
I don't know about that, Socko. How about you give it a try?
Dmaj7
     All right!

[Verse 2]
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Em                           A
  The simple narrative taught in every history class
D                                B7          Em
 Is demonstrably false and pedagogically classist
                    A                   D
Don't you know? The world is built with blood!
                          B7
And genocide! And exploitation!
Em                        A                     D
  The global network of capital essentially functions
                                      B7       Em
To separate the worker from the means of production
           A                     D
And the FBI killed Martin Luther King

[Pre-Chorus (2)]
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   B7                Em       A
Private property's inherently theft
    D      B7                  Em          A
And neoliberal fascists are destroying the left
A#dim7 Bm        Daug/B        Bm7              Bm6
And    every politician, every cop on the street
             G                           E          A
Protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite

[Chorus (2)]
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D               Bm6
That is how the world works
Really?
G                Em    A
 That is how the world works
D                             F#7       Bm
Genocide the Natives, say you got to it first
G      A7sus4
That's how   it works

[Bridge (2)]
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D
 That's pretty intense
Dmaj7
     No shit!
D6                 Dmaj7
  What can I do to help?
               D                        Dmaj7                                 D6       
Read a book or something, I don't know. Just don't burden me with the responsibility of
                Dmaj7
 educating you. It's incredibly exhausting!
D                            Dmaj7
I'm sorry, Socko. I was just trying to become a better person
D6                        Dmaj7                  D                           Dmaj7  
  Why do you rich fucking white people insist on seeing every sociopolitical 
                             D6                    Dmaj7                  D         
conflict through the myopic lens of your own selfactualization? This isn't about 
              Dmaj7                          D6
you! So either get with it   or get out of the fucking way!
                              Dmaj7                    D
Watch your mouth, buddy. Remember  who's on whose hand here
                                  Dmaj7                   D6
But that's what I've Have you not been fucking listening? We are entrenched in
                       Dmaj7                                      D          Dmaj7
I... Wait, wait, wait! No,  please! I don't wanna go back, please! 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
That's better

[Chorus (3)]
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D               Bm6      G
That is how the world works
                Em    A
That is how the world works
  D
I hope you learned your lesson!
  F#7         Bm
I did, and it hurt!
G      A7sus4
That's how   it works

[Outro]
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