The World Chords
by Danger Mouse
The World by Danger Mouse is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Dm, C, Gm, Am, Bb and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D Dm C Dm (2x)
Gm Am
The world is a running brook, take a look
Bb F C
Cold and always moving, blind but never soothing
Gm Am
It moves like you and I, and never lies
Bb F C
Perfect like a circle, and powerful with energy
D Dm C Dm (2x)
Gm Am
The world is an open book, take a look
Bb F C
Welcome to your own abuse; your greed is your own hangman's noose
Gm Am
She takes whatever you can give to her, no sooner
Bb F C
Never judging, no matter how much you seem not to care
D Dm C Dm (2x)
Gm Am
The world is a bull whose horns you cannot pull
Bb F C
Silently rewarding, relentlessly commanding
Gm Am
The world's own heart seems to be left behind
Bb F C
Your heart was left behind you, and I am behind you,
D Dm C Dm
too
D Dm C Dm
Outro
Gm Am
} (2x)
Bb F C
D Dm C Dm (2x)