verse 1EmDEm
Looking at the pictures of the places that he’s been
AEm
Old man told me what he found
DEm
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
BmAmDEmAEm
Going around and around
Verses 2
EmDEm
Said he looked at the places, talk to the faces that he seen
AEm
Then he turned the pictures upside down
DEm
Said it don’t make no difference how many places that you’ve been
Em
Said the world keeps going around and around
Break
BmAmDEmAEm
Going around and around
Verses 3
EmDEm
Then he put up the pictures shook his head and with a grin
AEm
He talked about his ups and downs
DEm
Said it don’t make no difference how many fixes you’ve been
Em
You know the world keeps going around and around
Break
BmAmDEmAEm
Going around and around
verse 4EmDEm
Betty Joe Johnson, don’t you pull no Daisy Mae on me
DEm
Daisy Mae she did me dirty,
DEm
so I had to leave her for Anna Lee
DEm
Anna Lee she had big street feet,
DEm
she spends her nights out on the road
DEm
So I started seeing Sally Jackson,
DEm
I had to let old Anna Lee go
DEm
Sally Jackson was a player,
DEm
had another man along with me
DEm
So I just took me one step backwards,
DEm
checked up on old Anna Lee
DEm
Anna Lee still had them street feet
DEm
Like to dance all night and sleep all day
DEm
So I just took one more step backwards,
DEm
checked up on old Daisy Mae
DEm
Daisy Mae is still doing dirty,
DEm
so I tell you what I had to do
DEm
I had to go just one step further, Betty Joe Johnson
DEm
And that’s how I know you
Verse 5
EmDEm
Said he looked at the places, talk to the faces that he seen
DEm
Then he turned the pictures upside down
DEm
Said it don’t make no difference how many places that you’ve been
Em
Said the world keeps going around and around
Break
BmAmEm
Going around and around
Outro