[Am]Somewhere in the world there is a father and a mother
The mother has a [F]daughter who gets married to the brother of a mother
And they [Dm]all just try to [Em]multiply with one another
'Cause [Am]that's just the way of the world
[F]That's just the way of the world
[Dm]That's just the way of the [Em]world
[Am]Somewhere in the world they think they work all for themselves
[F]Somebody works for them and so they think they've got it made
But [Dm]they're all just working to get [Em]paid the very same
And so they [Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna [F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, [Dm]skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum [Em]
And so they [Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna [F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, [Dm]skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum [Em]
[Am]Somewhere in the world you got a robber at a bank
And the [F]police came to get him, but they let him get away
'Cause [Dm]they're all just working to get [Em]paid the very same
'Cause [Am]that's just the way of the world
[F]That's just the way of the world
[Dm]That's just the way of the [Em]world
And so they [Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna [F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, [Dm]skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum [Em]
And so they [Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna [F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, [Dm]skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum [Em]
[Am]Don't believe everything that you hear
[F]Don't just march to the beat of that drum
Don't be [Dm]one of them people just [Em]twiddlin' them thumbs
'Cause [Am]that's just the way of the world
[F]That's just the way of the world
[Dm]That's just the way of the [Em]world
And so they [Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna [F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, [Dm]skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum [Em]
And so they [Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna [F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, [Dm]skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum [Em]
And so they [Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs, skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna [F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum)
'Cause [Dm]that's just the way of the [Em]world