World Keeps Going Around
Bill Withers
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Tom : Em
[Verse 1]
Em D Em
Looking at the pictures of the places that he’s been
A Em
Old man told me what he found
D Em
Said it don’t make no difference whether you’re out or whether you’re in
Em
You know the world keeps going around and around
[Break]
Bm Am D Em A Em
Going around and around
[Verses 2]
[Refrão]
Em D Em
Said he looked at the places, talk to the faces that he seen
A Em
Then he turned the pictures upside down
D Em
Said it don’t make no difference how many places that you’ve been
Em
Said the world keeps going around and around
[Break]
Bm Am D Em A Em
Going around and around
[Verses 3]
Em D Em
Then he put up the pictures shook his head and with a grin
A Em
He talked about his ups and downs
D Em
Said it don’t make no difference how many fixes you’ve been
Em
You know the world keeps going around and around
[Break]
Bm Am D Em A Em
Going around and around
[Verse 4]
Em D Em
Betty Joe Johnson, don’t you pull no Daisy Mae on me
D Em
Daisy Mae she did me dirty,
D Em
so I had to leave her for Anna Lee
D Em
Anna Lee she had big street feet,
D Em
she spends her nights out on the road
D Em
So I started seeing Sally Jackson,
D Em
I had to let old Anna Lee go
D Em
Sally Jackson was a player,
D Em
had another man along with me
D Em
So I just took me one step backwards,
D Em
checked up on old Anna Lee
D Em
Anna Lee still had them street feet
D Em
Like to dance all night and sleep all day
D Em
So I just took one more step backwards,
D Em
checked up on old Daisy Mae
D Em
Daisy Mae is still doing dirty,
D Em
so I tell you what I had to do
D Em
I had to go just one step further, Betty Joe Johnson
D Em
And that’s how I know you
[Verse 5]
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Outro]
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