[Strophe]
Am 
Somewhere in the world there is a father and a mother 
 
And the father is a son who has a mother 
                  F 
The mother has a daughter who gets married to the brother of a mother 
         Dm                   Em 
And they all just try to multiply with one another
[Pre-Refrain]
        Am 
'Cause that's just the way of the world  
 
It never ends till the end, then you start again 
  F 
That's just the way of the world 
  Dm                        Em 
That's just the way of the world
[Strophe]
Am 
Somewhere in the world they think they work all for themselves 
 
They get up everyday to go to work for someone else 
     F 
Somebody works for them and so they think they've got it made 
      Dm                             Em 
But they're all just working to get paid the very same
[Refrain]
             Am 
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum 
            F                                     Dm             Em 
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum 
             Am 
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum 
            F                                     Dm             Em 
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
[Strophe]
Am 
Somewhere in the world you got a robber at a bank  
 
And the bank robbed the people so the people rob the bank 
         F 
And the police came to get him, but they let him get away 
         Dm                             Em 
'Cause they're all just working to get paid the very same
[Pre-Refrain]
        Am 
'Cause that's just the way of the world  
 
It never ends till the end, then you start again 
  F 
That's just the way of the world 
  Dm                        Em 
That's just the way of the world
[Refrain]
             Am 
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum 
            F                                     Dm             Em 
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum 
             Am 
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum 
            F                                     Dm             Em 
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
[Pont]
Am 
Don't believe everything that you hear 
 
Let it go through your left and right ear 
F 
Don't just march to the beat of that drum 
         Dm                        Em 
Don't be one of them people just twiddlin' them thumbs
[Pre-Refrain]
        Am 
'Cause that's just the way of the world 
 
It never ends till the end, then you start again 
  F 
That's just the way of the world 
  Dm                        Em 
That's just the way of the world
[Refrain]
             Am 
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum 
            F                                     Dm             Em 
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum 
             Am 
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum 
            F                                     Dm             Em 
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
[Outro]
             Am 
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum 
            F 
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum) 
         Dm                        Em 
'Cause that's just the way of the world