That's The Way The World Goes Round

by John Prine

Date Added
8/9/2025
**Chords:**
G  C  G  D

G                            C  
Well, that's the way that the world goes 'round  
G                          D  
You’re up one day, and the next you're down  
G                         C  
It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown  
G                     D              G  
That's the way that the world goes 'round  

G                                 C  
Well, I was sitting in a bar and I was getting drunk  
G                               D  
I heard a voice sayin', "You ain't got a friend"  
G                              C  
I looked around and I saw a man sittin' in the corner  
G                      D                  G  
He said, "That's the way that the world goes 'round"  

G                            C  
Well, that's the way that the world goes 'round  
G                          D  
You’re up one day, and the next you're down  
G                         C  
It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown  
G                     D              G  
That's the way that the world goes 'round