189 lines
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189 lines
5.0 KiB
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[Intro: Bo Burnham]
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Em A
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Hey, kids
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D D B/D#
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Today, we're gonna learn about the world
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[Verse 1: Bo Burnham]
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Em A
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The world that's around us
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D
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Is pretty amazing
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D
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But how does it work?
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B/D#
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It must be complicated
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Em A D
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The secret is the world can only work
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D B/D#
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When everything works together
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[Verse 2: Bo Burnham]
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Em A
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A bee drinks from a flower
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D
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And leaves with its pollen
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D
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A squirrel in a tree
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B/D# Em
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Spreads the seeds that have fallen
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A
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Everything works together
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D B/D# Em A
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The biggest elephant, the littlest fly
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D B/D# Em A
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The gophers underground, the birds in the sky
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A#/D# Bm Daug/Bb D/A Bm6/G#
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And every single cricket, every fish in the sea
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G E A
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Gives what they can and gets what they need
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[Chorus: Bo Burnham]
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D Bm/G#
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That is how the world works
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G E/G# A
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That is how the world works
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D
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From A to Zebra
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F#7 Bm
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To the worms in the dirt
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G Dsus4/A
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That's how it works
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[Interlude 1: Bo Burnham & Socko]
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D F#m/C#
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Hey everyone
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Bm7
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Look who stopped by to say hello
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F#m/C#
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It's Socko
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D
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Hey!
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F#m/C#
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Where you been, Socko?
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Bm7 F#m/C#
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I've been where I always am when you're not wearing me on your hand
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D F#m/C# Bm7
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In a frightening, liminal space between states of being
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F#m/C#
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Not quite dead, not quite alive
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D F#m/C#
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It's similar to a constant state of sleep paralysis
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Bm7 F#m/C#
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Socko, we were just talking about the world and how it works
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D F#m/C#
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Boy, that sounds complicated!
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Bm7
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Do you have anything you'd want to teach us about the world?
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F#m/C# D
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I wouldn't say anything that you probably haven't already said yourself
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F#m/C#
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I don't know about that, Socko
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E A
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How about you give it a try?
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Alright!
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[Verse 3: Socko]
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Em A D
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The simple narrative taught in every history class
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D B/D# Em
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Is demonstrably false and pedagogically classist
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A D
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Don't you know the world is built with blood?
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D B/D#
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And genocide and exploitation
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Em A D
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The global network of capital essentially functions
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D B/D# Em
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To separate the worker from the means of production
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A D
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And the FBI killed Martin Luther King
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D B/D# Em A
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Private property's inherently theft
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D B/D# Em A
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And neoliberal fascists are destroying the left
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F#/A# Bm Daug/Bb D/A Bm6/G#
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And every politician, every cop on the street
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G E A
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Protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite
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[Chorus: Socko & Bo Burnham]
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D Bm/G#
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That is how the world works
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Really?
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G E/G# A
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That is how the world works
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D F#7 Bm
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Genocide, the Natives say you got to it first
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G D/A
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That's how it works
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[Interlude 2: Bo Burnham & Socko]
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D F#m/C#
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That's pretty intense
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Bm
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No shit
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F#m/C#
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What can I do to help?
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D
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Read a book or something, I don't know
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F#m/C# Bm7
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Just don't burden me with the responsibility of educating you
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F#m/C#
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It's incredibly exhausting
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D
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I'm sorry, Socko
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F#m/C# Bm7
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I was just trying to become a better person
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F#m/C# D
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Why do you rich fucking white people insist on seeing every
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F#m/C# Bm7 F#m/C#
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socio-political conflict through the myopic lens of your own self-actualization?
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D
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This isn't about you
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F#m/C# Bm7
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So either get with it, or get out of the fucking way
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Watch your mouth, buddy
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F#m/C# D
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Remember who's on whose hand here
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But that's what I--
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F#m/C#
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Have you not been fucking listening?
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Bm
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We are entrenched in--
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Alright, alright
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F#m/C#
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Wait, no please!
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I don't wanna go back, please
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D
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I can't go, I can't go back
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N.C.
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Please, please, I'm sorry
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Are you gonna behave yourself?
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Yes
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Yes, what?
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Yes, sir
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Look at me
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Yes, sir
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That's better
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[Chorus: Bo Burnham, Socko & Both]
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D Bm/G#
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That is how the world works
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G E/G# A
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That is how the world works
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D
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I hope you learned your lesson
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F#7 Bm
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I did and it hurt
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G Dsus4/A
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That's how it works
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