These are the chords for How The World Works by Bo Burnham feat. Socko on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro: Bo Burnham]
Em         A
Hey, kids
                         D     
Today, we\'re gonna learn about 
        D  B/Eb
the world

[Verse 1: Bo Burnham]
Em               A
The world that\'s around us
          D
Is pretty amazing
                D
But how does it work?
               B/Eb
It must be complicated
Em                A              D
The secret is the world can only work
                D       B/Eb
When everything works together

[Verse 2: Bo Burnham]
  Em                A
A bee drinks from a flower
                    D
And leaves with its pollen
                D
A squirrel in a tree
                       B/Eb    Em
Spreads the seeds that have fallen
           A
Everything works together
D           B/Eb          Em       A
The biggest elephant, the littlest fly
D           B/Eb         
The gophers underground, 
    Em           A
the birds in the sky
Gb/Bb  Bm          Daug/Bb
And every single cricket, 
       D/A         D(b5)/Ab
every fish in the sea
G                       E    
Gives what they can and gets 
          A
what they need

[Chorus: Bo Burnham]
D               E
That is how the world works
G               Em    A
That is how the world works
D
From A to Zebra
       Gb7          Bm
To the worms in the dirt
G      D/A
That\'s how it works

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[Interlude 1: Bo Burnham & Socko]
D      Gbm/Db
Hey everyone
                       Bm7
Look who stopped by to say hello
Gbm/Db
It\'s Socko
D
Hey!
          Gbm/Db
Where you been, Socko?
          Bm7                    
I\'ve been where I always am when 
           Gbm/Db
you\'re not wearing me on your hand
D                     Gbm/Db    
In a frightening, liminal space 
           Bm7
between states of being
           Gbm/Db
Not quite dead, not quite alive
     D                     
It\'s similar to a constant 
         Gbm/Db
state of sleep paralysis
Bm7                               
Socko, we were just talking about 
              Gbm/Db
the world and how it works
D                   Gbm/Db
Boy, that sounds complicated!
Do you have anything you\'d want 
     Bm7
to teach us about the world?
           Gbm/Db                         
I wouldn\'t say anything that 
you probably 
        D
haven\'t already said yourself
        Gbm/Db
I don\'t know about that, Socko
E                       A
How about you give it a try?
Alright!

[Verse 3: Socko]
Em                   A      
The simple narrative taught 
                 D
in every history class
                D         
Is demonstrably false and 
        B/Eb  Em
pedagogically classist
                   A     
Don\'t you know the world 
              D
is built with blood?
             D          B/Eb
And genocide and exploitation
Em                    A       
The global network of capital 
              D
essentially functions
                 D          
To separate the worker from 
         B/Eb  Em
the means of production
          A        
And the FBI killed 
              D
Martin Luther King
D       B/Eb       Em         A
Private property\'s inherently theft
    D          B/Eb     
And neoliberal fascists 
    Em             A
are destroying the left
Gb/Bb Bm       Daug/Bb
And every politician, 
       D/A        D(b5)/Ab
every cop on the street
             G                
Protects the interests of the 
           E         A
pedophilic corporate elite

[Chorus: Socko & Bo Burnham]
D               E
That is how the world works
Really?
G               E/Ab  A
That is how the world works
D                         
Genocide, the Natives say 
    Gb7       Bm
you got to it first
G      D/A
That\'s how it works

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[Interlude 2: Bo Burnham & Socko]
D             Gbm/Db
That\'s pretty intense
   Bm
No shit
                 Gbm/Db
What can I do to help?
              D
Read a book or something, 
I don\'t know
Gbm/Db                        
Just don\'t burden me with the 
Bm7
responsibility of educating you
Gbm/Db
It\'s incredibly exhausting
D
I\'m sorry, Socko
                    Gbm/Db  
I was just trying to become 
            Bm7
a better person
                     Gbm/Db   
Why do you rich fucking white 
                         D
people insist on seeing every
                Gbm/Db                
socio-political conflict through 
                Bm7
the myopic lens of your 
         Gbm/Db
own self-actualization?
                  D
This isn\'t about you
                   Gbm/Db     
So either get with it, or get 
                   Bm7
out of the fucking way
Watch your mouth, buddy
        Gbm/Db               D
Remember who\'s on whose hand here
But that\'s what I--
                  Gbm/Db
Have you not been fucking listening?
Bm
We are entrenched in--
Alright, alright
      Gbm/Db
Wait, no please!
I don\'t wanna go back, please
D
I can\'t go, I can\'t go back
N.C.
Please, please, I\'m sorry
Are you gonna behave yourself?
Yes
Yes, what?
Yes, sir
Look at me
Yes, sir
That\'s better

[Chorus: Bo Burnham, Socko & Both]
D               E
That is how the world works
G               E/Ab     A
That is how the world works
D
I hope you learned your lesson
Gb7          Bm
I did and it hurt
G      D/A
That\'s how it works