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