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Version 1[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, the next you're down. C It's a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown. G C That's the way that the world goes 'round. [Solo] | C | C | F | F | C | C | G | G | | C | C | F | F | C | G | C | C [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, the next you're down. C It's a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown. G C That's the way that the world goes 'round. [Solo] | C | C | F | F | C | C | G | G | | C | C | F | F | C | G | C | C | [Chorus] C That's the way that the world goes 'round F You're up one day, the next you're down C It's a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown G C That's the way that the world goes 'round G C That's the way that the world goes 'round G C That's the way that the world............ goes 'round [Outro] |(C) | C | F | F | C | G | C | C G C