John Prine - Thats The Way That The World Goes Round guitar tab

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{title:That's the Way that the World Goes 'Round}

{st:John Prine}

D[C]id you ever stand and sh[F]iver

[C]While you were st[G]aring [G7]at a r[C]iver[F]? [C] [G] [C]

W[C]ell I know a guy that's got a lot to lose,

He's a p[F]retty nice fella, kinda confused.

He's got m[C]uscles in his head ain't never been used,

He thinks he owns half of this t[G]own.[G7]

Well he st[C]arts drinkin' heavy, gets a big red nose,

Then he f[F]ights with his lady, until it shows.

He t[C]akes her out to dinner, and buys her new clothes,

And that's the w[G]ay that the world goes 'r[C]ound.

{c:Chorus:}

Th[C]at's the way that the world goes 'round,

You're [F]up one day, the next you're down,

It's h[C]alf inch of water, but you think you're gonna drown,

That's the way that the w[G7]orld goes 'r[C]ound.

I was sittin' in the bathtub, a-countin' my toes,

When the radiator broke, the water all froze.

I got stuck in the ice, without my clothes,

Naked as the eyes of a clown.

I was crying those ice cubes, hoping I'd croak,

When the sun came through the window, the ice all broke.

I stood up and laughed; I thought it was a joke,

That's the way that the world goes 'round.

{c:Chorus.}

{c:Chorus.}

Did you ever stand and shiver

While you were staring at a river?

That's the way that the world goes 'round. (repeat...)

{c:Chorus.}

That's the way that the world goes 'round,

That's the way that the world goes 'round.

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# by Steve Putz

# 7 September 1992