Thumbs Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Am]
[Am][Am]
[F][F]
[Dm][G]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Somewhere in the world
there is a father and a mother
And the father is a son,
who has a mother
The mother has a [F]daughter who gets married
to the brother of a mother
And they [Dm]all just tryna
multi[G]ply with one another

[Pre-chorus 1]
'Cause [Am]that's just
the way of the world
It never ends till the end,
then you start again
[F]That's just the way of the world
[Dm]That's just the way of the [G]world

[Verse 2]
[Am]Somewhere in the world,
they think they're working for themselves,
They get up everyday
to go to work for someone else
And some[F]body works for them and so,
they think they got it made
But they're [Dm]all just working
to get paid the very same

[Chorus 1]
And so, they [Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-da-dum
They gonna [F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly- [Dm]dee- da- dum- dum
And so, they [Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-da-dum
(skiddly-dee-da-dum)
They gonna [F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly- [Dm]dee- da- dum- [G]dum

[Verse 3]
[Am]Somewhere in the world,
you got a robber and a bank
And the bank robbed the people,
so the people rob the bank
And the [F]police came to get him,
but they let him get away
'Cause they're [Dm]all just workin'
to get [G]paid the very same

[Pre-chorus 2]
'Cause [Am]that's just the way of the world
It never ends till the end,
then you start again
[F]That's just the way of the world
[Dm]That's just the way of the world

[Chorus 2]
And so, they [Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-da-dum (skiddly-dee-da-dum)
They gonna [F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly- [Dm]dee- da- dum- [G]dum
And so, they [Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-da-dum (skiddly-dee-da-dum)
They gonna [F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly- [Dm]dee- da- dum- [G]dum

[Bridge 1]
[Am]Don't believe everything that you hear
Let it go through your left and right ear
[F]Don't just march to the beat of that drum
Don't be [Dm]one of them people
just [G]twiddlin' them thumbs

[Pre-chorus 3]
'Cause [Am]that's just the way of the world
(way of the world)
It never ends till the end,
and then you start again
[F]That's just the way of the world
[Dm]That's just the way of the world

[Chorus 3]
And so, they [Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-da-dum (skiddly-dee-da-dum)
They gonna [F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
skiddly- [Dm]dee-da-dum-dum [G](woo-oo)
And so, they [Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-da-dum (skiddly-dee-da-dum)
They gonna [F]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly- [Dm]de- da- dum...
(Skiddly-de-da- [G]de-da-da, da- dum- da- da-...)

[Outro 1]
They [Am]keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-da-dum
(They keep on...)
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
('Cause that's just the way of the world)