BO BURNHAM – How The World Works Chords and Tabs for Guitar and Piano

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This song is from the album Inside (The Songs)(2021), released on 10 June 2021. The vocals are by Bo Burnham, the music is produced by Bo Burnham, and the lyrics are written by Bo Burnham .
This song is originally in the key of D Major. You can change it to any key you want, using the Transpose option. The average tempo is 125 BPM. These chords are simple and easy to play on the guitar, ukulele or piano.
Vocals: Bo Burnham ,
Producer: Bo Burnham ,
Writer: Bo Burnham ,

 
Original Key: D Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 125
Suggested Strumming: DU,DU,DU,DU
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 [INTRO]

  D
 . 
 
  Em     A 
 Hey, kids
                                     D
 Today, we're gonna learn about the world

 [VERSE] 
  Em                  A                    D 
 The world that's around us is pretty amazing
                                             Em
 But how does it work? It must be comp a licated
                      A            D
 The secret is the world can only work
     D
 When everything works together

  Em                    A                         D 
 A bee drinks from a flower and leaves with its pollen
 D                                                  Em 
 A squirrel in a tree spreads the seeds that have fallen
              A          D 
 Everything works together

 [PRE-CHORUS]  
   D                      Em           A
 The biggest elephant, the littlest fly
  D                            Em             A
 The gophers underground, the birds in the sky
      Bm              F#           A         E
 And every single cricket, every fish in the sea
  G                      E7                A
 Gives what they can and gets what they need
 
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 [CHORUS] 
  D                 Bm
 That is how the world works
   G                    A
 That is how the world works
  D                    F#              Bm
 From A to zebra to the worms in the dirt
  G       A        D 
 That's how it works



 Hey, everyone, look who stopped by to say hello! It's Socko!

 Hey!

 Where you been, Socko?

 I've been where I always am when you're not wearing me on your hand: 
 in a frightening, liminal space between states of being! 
 Not quite dead, not quite alive! 
 It's similar to a constant state of sleep paralysis
 Socko, we were just talking about the world and how it works
 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 already said yourself
 I don't know about that, Socko. How about you give it a try?
 Alright!

 [VERSE] 
  Em                      A                       D
 The simple narrative taught in every history class
                                            Em
 Is demonstrably false and pedagogically classist
                      A                     D
 Don't you know? The world is built with blood! And genocide and exploitation!

 Em                      A                        D
 The global network of capital essentially functions
  D                                              Em
 To separate the worker from the means of production
 Em       A                        D 
 And the FBI killed Martin Luther King

 [PRE-CHORUS]  
                      Em         A 
 Private property's inherently theft
        D         Em                       A
 And neoliberal fascists are destroying the left
             Bm       F#       A            E
 And every politician, every cop on the street
                G                          E         A
 Protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite
 
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 [CHORUS] 
   D
 That is how the world works (Really?)
  G 
 That is how the world works

 Genocide the Natives, say you got to it first

 That's how it works



 That's pretty intense

 No shit!

 What can I do to help?

 Read a book or something, I don't know. 
 Just don't burden me with the responsibility of educating you. 
 It's incredibly exhausting!

 I'm sorry, Socko. I was just trying to become a better person

 Why do you rich fucking white people insist on seeing 
 every socio political conflict through the myopic 
 lens of your own self actualization? 
 This isn't about you! So either get with it or get out of the fucking way!

 Watch your mouth, buddy. Remember who's on whose hand here

 But that's what I— Have you not been fucking listening? We are entrenched in—

 Alright! Alright! 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, s 

 Look at me

 Yes, sir

 That's better

 [CHORUS] 

 That is how the world works

 That is how the world works

 I hope you learned your lesson! (I did, and it hurt!)

 That's how it works

 [OUTRO]

 No! No!

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