EmA
Hey, kids
DDB/D#
Today, we're gonna learn about the world
[Verse 1: Bo Burnham]
EmA
The world that's around us
D
Is pretty amazing
D
But how does it work?
B/D#
It must be complicated
EmAD
The secret is the world can only work
DB/D#
When everything works together
[Verse 2: Bo Burnham]
EmA
A bee drinks from a flower
D
And leaves with its pollen
D
A squirrel in a tree
B/D#Em
Spreads the seeds that have fallen
A
Everything works together
DB/D#EmA
The biggest elephant, the littlest fly
DB/D#EmA
The gophers underground, the birds in the sky
A#/D# Bm Daug/Bb D/A Bm6/G#
And every single cricket, every fish in the sea
GEA
Gives what they can and gets what they need
[Chorus: Bo Burnham]
DBm/G#
That is how the world works
GE/G#A
That is how the world works
D
From A to Zebra
F#7Bm
To the worms in the dirt
GDsus4/A
That's how it works
[Interlude 1: Bo Burnham & Socko]
DF#m/C#
Hey everyone
Bm7
Look who stopped by to say hello
F#m/C#
It's Socko
D
Hey!
F#m/C#
Where you been, Socko?
Bm7F#m/C#
I've been where I always am when you're not wearing me on your hand
DF#m/C#Bm7
In a frightening, liminal space between states of being
F#m/C#
Not quite dead, not quite alive
DF#m/C#
It's similar to a constant state of sleep paralysis
Bm7F#m/C#
Socko, we were just talking about the world and how it works
DF#m/C#
Boy, that sounds complicated!
Bm7
Do you have anything you'd want to teach us about the world?
F#m/C#D
I wouldn't say anything that you probably haven't already said yourself
F#m/C#
I don't know about that, Socko
EA
How about you give it a try?
Alright!
[Verse 3: Socko]
EmAD
The simple narrative taught in every history class
DB/D#Em
Is demonstrably false and pedagogically classist
AD
Don't you know the world is built with blood?
DB/D#
And genocide and exploitation
EmAD
The global network of capital essentially functions
DB/D#Em
To separate the worker from the means of production
AD
And the FBI killed Martin Luther King
DB/D#EmA
Private property's inherently theft
DB/D#EmA
And neoliberal fascists are destroying the left
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And every politician, every cop on the street
GEA
Protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite
[Chorus: Socko & Bo Burnham]
DBm/G#
That is how the world works
Really?
GE/G#A
That is how the world works
DF#7Bm
Genocide, the Natives say you got to it first
GD/A
That's how it works
[Interlude 2: Bo Burnham & Socko]
DF#m/C#
That's pretty intense
Bm
No shit
F#m/C#
What can I do to help?
D
Read a book or something, I don't know
F#m/C#Bm7
Just don't burden me with the responsibility of educating you
F#m/C#
It's incredibly exhausting
D
I'm sorry, Socko
F#m/C#Bm7
I was just trying to become a better person
F#m/C#D
Why do you rich fucking white people insist on seeing every
F#m/C#Bm7F#m/C#
socio-political conflict through the myopic lens of your own self-actualization?
D
This isn't about you
F#m/C#Bm7
So either get with it, or get out of the fucking way
Watch your mouth, buddy
F#m/C#D
Remember who's on whose hand here
But that's what I--
F#m/C#
Have you not been fucking listening?
Bm
We are entrenched in--
Alright, alright
F#m/C#
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]
DBm/G#
That is how the world works
GE/G#A
That is how the world works
D
I hope you learned your lesson
F#7Bm
I did and it hurt
GDsus4/A
That's how it works