How The World Works

[Intro]
Em
  Hey, kids
A
 Today,
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we're gonna learn about the world

[Verse 1]
Em                       A                 D
  The world that's around us is pretty amazing
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But how does it work? It must be complicated
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The secret is: The world can only work
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When everything works together
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  A bee drinks from a flower and leaves with its pollen
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A squirrel in a tree spreads the seeds that have fallen
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Everything works together

[Pre-Chorus]
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 The biggest elephant, the littlest fly
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 The gophers underground,
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the birds in the sky
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And    every single cricket,
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every fish in the sea
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Gives what they can and gets what they need

[Chorus]
D               Bm/Ab
That is how the world works
G                Em    A
 That is how the world works
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 From "A" to "zebra" to the worms in the dirt
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That's how   it works

[Bridge]
D
 Hey,
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everyone, look who stopped by to say hello! It's Socko!
D
Hey!
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Where you been, Socko?
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I've been where I always am when you're not wearing me on
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your hand: in a frightening,
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liminal space between states of being! Not quite dead,
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not  quite alive! It's similar to a constant state of sleep
paralysis
Socko,
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we were just talking about the world and how  it works
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Boy, that sounds complicated! 
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Do you have anything you'd want to teach us about the
world?
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I wouldn't say  anything that you probably haven't already
said yourself
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I don't know about that, Socko.
     D6
How about you give it a try?
Dmaj7
     All right!

[Verse 2]
Em                           A
  The simple narrative taught in every history class
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 Is demonstrably false and pedagogically classist
                    A                   D
Don't you know? The world is built with blood!
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And genocide! And exploitation!
Em                        A                     D
  The global network of capital essentially functions
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To separate the worker from the means of production
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And the FBI killed Martin Luther King

[Pre-Chorus]
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Private property's inherently theft
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And neoliberal fascists are destroying the left
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And    every politician,
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every cop on the street
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Protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite

[Chorus]
D               Bm/Ab
That is how the world works
Really?
G                Em    A
 That is how the world works
D
Genocide the Natives,
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say you got to it first
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That's how   it works

[Bridge]
D
 That's pretty intense
Dmaj7
     No shit!
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  What can I do to help?
               D
Read a book or something, I don't know.
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Just don't burden me with the responsibility of educating
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you. It's incredibly exhausting!
D
I'm sorry, Socko.
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I was just trying to become a better person
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  Why do you rich fucking white people insist on seeing
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every sociopolitical conflict through the myopic lens of
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your own selfactualization? This isn't about you! So either
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get with it   or get out of the fucking way!
Watch your mouth, buddy.
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Remember  who's on whose hand here
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But that's what I've Have you not been fucking listening?
D6
We are entrenched in
I...
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Wait, wait, wait! No,  please! I don't wanna go back,
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please! I can't go     I can't go back! 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               Bm/Ab      G
That is how the world works
                Em    A
That is how the world works
  D
I hope you learned your lesson!
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I did, and it hurt!
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That's how   it works

[Outro]
No!