John Prine - Thats the way that the world goes round

^CI know a guy that's got a lot to lose. He's a ^Fpretty nice fellow but he's kind of confused. He's got ^Cmuscles in his head that ain't never been used. Thinks he own half of this ^Gtown.

^CStarts drinking heavy, gets a big red nose. ^FBeats his old lady with a rubber hose, then he ^Ctakes her out to dinner and buys her new clothes. That's the way that the ^Gworld goes ^C'round.

^CThat's the way that the world goes 'round. You're ^Fup one day and the next you're down. It's ^Chalf an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown. That's the way that the ^Gworld goes ^C'round.

^CI was sitting in the bathtub counting my toes, when the ^Fradiator broke, water all froze. I got ^Cstuck in the ice without my clothes, naked as the eyes of a ^Gclown.

^CI was crying ice cubes hoping I'd croak, when the ^Fsun come through the window, the ice all broke. I ^Cstood up and laughed thought it was a joke That's the way that the ^Gworld goes ^C'round.

^CThat's the way that the world goes 'round. You're ^Fup one day and the next you're down. It's ^Chalf an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown. That's the way that the ^Gworld goes ^C'round.

^CThat's the way that the world goes 'round You're ^Fup one day, the next you're down It's a ^Chalf an inch of water, you think you're gonna drown That's the way that the ^Gworld goes ^C'round

That's the way that the ^Gworld goes ^C'round That's the way that the ^Gworld............ goes ^C'round