John Prine Thats The Way That The World Goes Round Lyrics
And Acoustic Tutorial

Below you'll find the John Prine Thats The Way That The World Goes Round Lyrics and my full version acoustic demo.

The song appeared on the John Prive Live album from 1988. John told the story about getting a request for the "Happy Enchilada" song ... in ref to the line in the song "Its a half an inch of water and you think you're goona drown".




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Full Tutorial - 7 min 10 sec

--- Start Of John Prine Thats The Way That The World Goes Round ---

I know a guy thats got a lot to lose
Hes a pretty nice fellow but hes kind of confused
Hes got muscles in his head that aint never been used
Thinks he own half of this town
Starts drinking heavy gets a big red nose
Beats his old lady with a rubber hose
Then he takes her out to dinner and buys her new clothes
Thats the way that the world goes round

Thats the way that the world goes round
Youre up one day and the next youre down
Its half an inch of water and you think youre gonna drown
Thats the way that the world goes round
Thats the way that the world goes round
Youre up one day and the next youre down
Its a half an inch of water and you think youre gonna drown
Thats the way that the world goes round

BREAK

I was sitting in the bathtub counting my toes
When the radiator broke water all froze
I got stuck in the ice without my clothes
Naked as the eyes of a clown
I was crying ice cubes hoping Id croak
When the sun come through the window the ice all broke
I stood up and laughed thought it was a joke
Thats the way that the world goes round

Thats the way that the world goes round
Youre up one day and the next youre down
Its a half an inch of water and you think youre gonna drown
Thats the way that the world goes round
Thats the way that the world goes round
Youre up one day and the next youre down
Its a half an inch of water and you think youre gonna drown
Thats the way that the world goes round
Thats the way that the world goes round

--- End Of John Prine Thats The Way That The World Goes Round ---

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