Lirik dan Chord Lagu That's the Way the World Goes Round - John Prine

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "That's the Way the World Goes Round" adalah lagu keluaran 1978 dari penyanyi beraliran musik folk, John Prine.

Lagu ini dimuat dalam albumnya, Bruised Orange, bersama sembilan lagu lainnya.

Lirik lagu "That's the Way the World Goes Round" ditulis oleh John Prine sendiri.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Your Flag Decal Wont Get You into Heaven Anymore - John Prine

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "That's the Way the World Goes Round" dari John Prine.

[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