That’s The Way that the World Goes Around - John Prine - 40 bpm

 
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I know a guy that's got a 

lot to lose

He's a 
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pretty nice fellow, 

kind of confused

He's got 
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muscles in his head, ain't 

never been used

 
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Thinks he own half of this 
G
town

Well he 
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starts drinking heavy gets a 

big red nose

 
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Beats his old lady with a 

rubber hose

Then he 
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takes her out to dinner, 

buys her new clothes

That's the 
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way that the world goes 
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'round.

	
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That's the way that the 

world goes 'round,

	You're 
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up one day, the 

next you're down

	It's 
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half an inch of water and you 

think you're gonna drown

	
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That's the way that the 
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world goes 
C
'round.

I was 
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sitting in the bathtub 

counting my toes

When the 
F
radiator broke, the 

water all froze

I got 
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stuck in the ice with

out my clothes

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Naked as the eyes of a 
G
clown

I was 
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crying ice cubes 

hopin’ I'd croak

When the 
F
sun come through the window and the 

ice all broke

I 
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stood up and laughed, 

thought it was a joke

That's the 
G
way that the world goes 
C
'round.

repeat chorus