How The World Works Track Info
Song: How The World Works
Artist: Bo Burnham
Produced by: Bo Burnham
Written By: Bo Burnham
Released Date: 30 May 2021
Chords Info
Key: D
Chords: Em, A, D, B, Gb, Bm, d, G, E, Gb7, Gbm, Bm7, E
[Intro]
Em A
Hey, kids
D D B
Today, we're gonna learn about the world
[Verse 1]
Em A
The world that's around us
D
Is pretty amazing
D
But how does it work?
B
It must be complicated
Em A D
The secret is the world can only work
D B
When everything works together
[Verse 2]
Em A
A bee drinks from a flower
D
And leaves with its pollen
D
A squirrel in a tree
B Em
Spreads the seeds that have fallen
A
Everything works together
D B Em A
The biggest elephant, the littlest fly
D B Em A
The gophers underground, the birds in the sky
Gb Bm Daug D D
And every single cricket, every fish in the sea
G E A
Gives what they can and gets what they need
[Chorus]
D E
That is how the world works
G Em A
That is how the world works
D
From A to Zebra
Gb7 Bm
To the worms in the dirt
G D
That's how it works
[Interlude 1]
D Gbm
Hey everyone
Bm7
Look who stopped by to say hello
Gbm
It's Socko
D
Hey!
Gbm
Where you been, Socko?
Bm7 Gbm
I've been where I always am when you're not wearing me on your hand
D Gbm Bm7
In a frightening, liminal space between states of being
Gbm
Not quite dead, not quite alive
D Gbm
It's similar to a constant state of sleep paralysis
Bm7 Gbm
Socko, we were just talking about the world and how it works
D Gbm
Boy, that sounds complicated!
Bm7
Do you have anything you'd want to teach us about the world?
Gbm D
I wouldn't say anything that you probably haven't already said yourself
Gbm
I don't know about that, Socko
E A
How about you give it a try?
Alright!
[Verse 3]
Em A D
The simple narrative taught in every history class
D B Em
Is demonstrably false and pedagogically classist
A D
Don't you know the world is built with blood?
D B
And genocide and exploitation
Em A D
The global network of capital essentially functions
D B Em
To separate the worker from the means of production
A D
And the FBI killed Martin Luther King
D B Em A
Private property's inherently theft
D B Em A
And neoliberal fascists are destroying the left
Gb Bm Daug D D(b5)
And every politician, every cop on the street
G E A
Protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite
[Chorus]
D E
That is how the world works
Really?
G E A
That is how the world works
D Gb7 Bm
Genocide, the Natives say you got to it first
G D
That's how it works
[Interlude 2]
D Gbm
That's pretty intense
Bm
No shit
Gbm
What can I do to help?
D
Read a book or something, I don't know
Gbm Bm7
Just don't burden me with the responsibility of educating you
Gbm
It's incredibly exhausting
D
I'm sorry, Socko
Gbm Bm7
I was just trying to become a better person
Gbm D
Why do you rich fu*king white people insist on seeing every
Gbm Bm7 Gbm
socio-political conflict through the myopic lens of your own self-actualization?
D
This isn't about you
Gbm Bm7
So either get with it, or get out of the fu*king way
Watch your mouth, buddy
Gbm D
Remember who's on whose hand here
But that's what I--
Gbm
Have you not been fu*king listening?
Bm
We are entrenched in--
Alright, alright
Gbm
Wait, no please!
I don't wanna go back, please
D
I can't go, I can't go back
N.C.
Please, please, I'm sorry
Are you gonna behave yourself?
Yes
Yes, what?
Yes, sir
Look at me
Yes, sir
That's better
[Chorus]
D E
That is how the world works
G E A
That is how the world works
D
I hope you learned your lesson
Gb7 Bm
I did and it hurt
G D
That's how it works
