World Keeps Going Around chords

Bill Withers

Key: 

Simplify chords 

  			
Intro 

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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 

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  

Em                                                         D  Em 
Said he looked at the places, talk to the faces that he seen 
                            D      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    
                         Em                      
Going around and around 

Outro 

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