Thats The Way That The World Goes Round Chords
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Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | D |
Capo: | 2nd fret |
Author patriotpizzaman [a] 327. 5 contributors total, last edit on May 17, 2020
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This is a version I learned off a live video of John from an Aug 2008 concert.
If you want it to sound exactly like John's version you'll want to fingerpick it and
throw in the extra notes (mostly G on the high e string and a high E, F and sometimes D),
you'll get where they are if you listen to it.
Capo 2nd fret for the 2008 live recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9DA-u2EhmA}
Capo 2nd fret for the 2016 Stephen Colbert recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvY02SSj450}
Capo 5th fret for the studio recording
[Intro]
C C F F
C C G G
C C F F
C G C C
[Verse 1]
C
I know a guy that's got a lot to lose.
F
He's a pretty nice fellow but he's kind of confused.
C
He's got muscles in his head that ain't never been used.
G
Thinks he own half of this town.
C
Starts drinking heavy, gets a big red nose.
F
Beats his old lady with a rubber hose,
C
then he takes her out to dinner and buys her new clothes.
G C
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
[Chorus]
C
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
F
You're up one day and the next you're down.
C
It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.
G C
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
[Verse 2]
C
I was sitting in the bathtub counting my toes,
F
when the radiator broke, water all froze.
C
I got stuck in the ice without my clothes,
G
naked as the eyes of a clown.
C
I was crying ice cubes hoping I'd croak,
F
when the sun come through the window, the ice all broke.
C
I stood up and laughed thought it was a joke
G C
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
[Chorus]
C
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
F
You're up one day and the next you're down.
C
It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.
G C
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
[Chorus]
C
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
F
You're up one day and the next you're down.
C
It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.
G C
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
[Chorus]
C
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
F
You're up one day and the next you're down.
C
It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.
G C
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
[Outro]
G C
That's the way that the world goes 'round
G C C
That's the way that the world........ goes 'round
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22 comments

I thought it was a happy enchilada. ;-)
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Travis pic it add a country roll.
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Capo on the 5th for the studio version?
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