Verse 1 Amaj7
There's children on the street using guns and knives;
[F#m7] They're taking drugs and each others' lives.
[Bm7] Killing each other with knives and forks.
And c[Bm7]alling each other names like "dork".[D/E] Oh, woh.
Verse 2 Amaj7
There's people on the street getting diseases from monkeys.
[F#m7] Yeah, that's what I said, they're getting diseases from monkeys.
Now, the[Bm7]re's junkies with monkey disease.
[Bm7] Who's touching these monkeys, please?
[Bm7]Leave these poor sick monkeys alone;
They got [D/E]problems enough as it is.
Verse 3 Amaj7
A man is lying on the street some punk's chopped off his head.
I'm t[F#m7]he only one who stops to see if he's dead,[Bm7]
Mm, t[Bm7]urns out he's dead.
Chorus Dmaj7
And that's why I'm singing: what,
What is[C#m7] wrong with the world today?
[Bm7] What's wrong with the world today? mumbling
[Dmaj7]What, what is [C#m7]wrong with the world today[Bm7]?
You gotta t[Bm7]hink about it, think, think about it.
Verse 4 Amaj7
Good cops been framed and put into a can,
And all th[F#m7]e money that we're making is going to the man.
[Bm7] What man? Which man? Who's the man?
When's a m[Bm7]an a man? What makes a man a man?
Am I[Bm7] a man? Yes, [D/E]technically I am.
Verse 5 Amaj7
They're turning kids into slaves just to make cheaper sneakers
but[F#maj7] what's the real cost?
'Cause [F#m7]the sneakers don't seem that much ch[Bm7]eaper
Why are we still p[Bm7]aying so much for sneakers
When you got them b[Bm7]eing made by little slave kids? [D/E]What are your overheads?
Verse 6 Amaj7
At the end of you life you're lucky if you die
[F#maj7] Sometimes I wonder why we even try.
[Bm7] Saw a man lying on the street half dead
With [Bm7]knives and forks sticking out of his leg.
Outro Dmaj7 C#m7
And he said, Ah, ah ah wow wow wow wow wow wow
[Bm7] Can somebody please get the knife and fork out of my leg please?
[Dmaj7] Can somebody please re[C#m7]move these cutleries from my knees?[Bm7]
And then we break it down. ([Amaj7]Ad lib to end)
Amaj7 F#m7 Bm7 D/W
[Dmaj7] [C#m7] [Bm7] [Amaj7]
There's children on the street using guns and knives;
[F#m7] They're taking drugs and each others' lives.
[Bm7] Killing each other with knives and forks.
And c[Bm7]alling each other names like "dork".[D/E] Oh, woh.
Verse 2 Amaj7
There's people on the street getting diseases from monkeys.
[F#m7] Yeah, that's what I said, they're getting diseases from monkeys.
Now, the[Bm7]re's junkies with monkey disease.
[Bm7] Who's touching these monkeys, please?
[Bm7]Leave these poor sick monkeys alone;
They got [D/E]problems enough as it is.
Verse 3 Amaj7
A man is lying on the street some punk's chopped off his head.
I'm t[F#m7]he only one who stops to see if he's dead,[Bm7]
Mm, t[Bm7]urns out he's dead.
Chorus Dmaj7
And that's why I'm singing: what,
What is[C#m7] wrong with the world today?
[Bm7] What's wrong with the world today? mumbling
[Dmaj7]What, what is [C#m7]wrong with the world today[Bm7]?
You gotta t[Bm7]hink about it, think, think about it.
Verse 4 Amaj7
Good cops been framed and put into a can,
And all th[F#m7]e money that we're making is going to the man.
[Bm7] What man? Which man? Who's the man?
When's a m[Bm7]an a man? What makes a man a man?
Am I[Bm7] a man? Yes, [D/E]technically I am.
Verse 5 Amaj7
They're turning kids into slaves just to make cheaper sneakers
but[F#maj7] what's the real cost?
'Cause [F#m7]the sneakers don't seem that much ch[Bm7]eaper
Why are we still p[Bm7]aying so much for sneakers
When you got them b[Bm7]eing made by little slave kids? [D/E]What are your overheads?
Verse 6 Amaj7
At the end of you life you're lucky if you die
[F#maj7] Sometimes I wonder why we even try.
[Bm7] Saw a man lying on the street half dead
With [Bm7]knives and forks sticking out of his leg.
Outro Dmaj7 C#m7
And he said, Ah, ah ah wow wow wow wow wow wow
[Bm7] Can somebody please get the knife and fork out of my leg please?
[Dmaj7] Can somebody please re[C#m7]move these cutleries from my knees?[Bm7]
And then we break it down. ([Amaj7]Ad lib to end)
Amaj7 F#m7 Bm7 D/W
[Dmaj7] [C#m7] [Bm7] [Amaj7]
