Intro: Cm7  Cm7(9)  Ab7M   Fm7  Bb

(Verse 1)

Cm7
Somewhere in the world 

there is a father and a mother
         Cm7(9)
And the father is a son who has a mother
                  Ab7M
The mother has a daughter who gets married to the brother of a mother
         Fm                                 Bb
And they all just try to multiply with one another


(Pre-Chorus)

        Cm7
'Cause that's just the way of the world
 Cm7(9)
It never ends till the end, then you start again
  Ab7M
That's just the way of the world
  Fm                       Bb
That's just the way of the world


(Verse 2)

Cm7
Somewhere in the world
                
they think they work all for themselves
         Cm7(9)
They get up everyday to go to work for someone else
     Ab7M
Somebody works for them and so they think they've got it made
      Fm                             Bb
But they're all just working to get paid the very same


(Chorus)

             Cm7
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, 
     Cm7(9)
skiddly-dee-da-dum
           Ab7M
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, 
        Fm             Bb
skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
             Cm7
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, 
     Cm7(9)
skiddly-dee-da-dum
           Ab7M
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, 
        Fm             Bb
skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum


(Verse 3)

Cm7
Somewhere in the world you got a robber at a bank

And the bank robbed the people 
       Cm7(9)
so the people rob the bank
        Ab7M
And the police came to get him, but they let him get away
        Fm                             Bb
'Cause they're all just working to get paid the very same


[Pre-Chorus]

        Cm7
'Cause that's just the way of the world
 Cm7(9)
It never ends till the end, then you start again
  Ab7M
That's just the way of the world
  Fm                       Bb
That's just the way of the world

[Chorus]

             Cm7
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, 
     Cm7(9)
skiddly-dee-da-dum
           Ab7M
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, 
        Fm             Bb
skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
             Cm7
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, 
     Cm7(9)
skiddly-dee-da-dum
           Ab7M
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, 
        Fm             Bb
skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum

[Bridge]
Cm7
Don't believe everything that you hear
Cm7(9)
Let it go through your left and right ear
Ab7M
Don't just march to the beat of that drum
         Fm7                       Bb
Don't be one of them people just twiddlin' them thumbs


[Pre-Chorus]

        Cm7
'Cause that's just the way of the world
 Cm7(9)
It never ends till the end, then you start again
  Ab7M
That's just the way of the world
  Fm                       Bb
That's just the way of the world


[Chorus]

             Cm7
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, 
    Cm7(9)
skiddly-dee-da-dum
           Ab7M
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, 
        Fm             Bb
skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
             Cm7
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, 
     Cm7(9)
skiddly-dee-da-dum
           Ab7M
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, 
        Fm             Bb
skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum

[Outro]
             Cm7(9)
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
            Ab7M
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum)
         Fm7                        Bb   Cm7(9)
'Cause that's just the way of the world