How The World Works Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Dm]Hey, kids[G]
Today, we're gonna learn
about the [C]world[A]

[Verse 1]
[Dm]The world that's aroun[G]d us
is pretty a[C]mazing
But how does it work?
It must be com[A]pli[Dm]cated
The secret is the [G]world can only [C]work
When everything works togeth[A]er
[Dm]A bee drinks from a flow[G]er
And leaves with its [C]pollen
A squirrel in a tree
Spreads the seeds [A]that have [Dm]fallen
Everything [G]works together
[C]The bigges[A]t elephant, the lit[Dm]tlest fly[G]
[C]The gophe[A]rs underground,
the [Dm]birds in the [G]sky
[E]And [Am]every single cricket,
every fish in the sea
[F]Gives what they can and [D]gets what they [G]need

[Chorus 1]
[C]That is how the [B]world [F]works
That is how the [D]world [G]works
[C]From A to Zebra
To the [E]worms in the [Am]dirt
[F]That's [G]how it works

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

[Verse 2]
[Dm]The simple narrative taugh[G]t
in every history [C]class
Is demonstrably false
and peda[A]gogically [Dm]classist
Don't you know the [G]world
is built with [C]blood?
And genocide and exploita[A]tion
[Dm]The global network of capi[G]tal
essentially [C]functions
To separate the worker
from the means [A]of pro[Dm]duction
And the [G]FBI killed Martin Luther [C]King
Private [A]property's in[Dm]herently [G]theft
And [C]neoliberal [A]fascists
are des[Dm]troying the [G]left
[E]And [Am]every politician,
every cop on the street
Protects the [F]interests
of the pedophilic [D]corporate e[G]lite

[Chorus 2]
[C]That is how the [B]world works (really?)
[F]That is how the wor[D]ld wor[G]ks
[C]Genocide, the Natives say you [E]got to it [Am]first
[F]That's [G]how it

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

[Outro 1]
That's better
[C]That is how the [B]world works
[F]That is how the wor[D]ld wor[G]ks
I [C]hope you learned your lesson
(I [E]did and it [Am]hurt) [F]That's [G]how it works