Biography:
Bill Withers (born July 4, 1938 in Slab Fork, West Virginia, died March 30, 2020 in Los Angeles, California) was an American singer-songwriter who performed and recorded from the late 1960s until the mid 1980s.
Bill's father died when he was thirteen. He joined the US Navy at seventeen, and stayed there for nine years, before he moved to Los Angeles in 1967. While in Los Angeles, he worked full-time in a Lockheed assembly plant in the day, recording demo tapes and performing in juke joints during the night.
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Other songs:
- Ain't No Sunchine
- Ain't No Sunshine
- Ain't No Sunshine (when She's Gone)
- Aint No Sunshine
- Just The Two Of Us
- Lean On Me
- Lovely Day
- Use Me
- Ain’t No Sunshine
- Grandmas Hands
- Harlem
- I Cant Write Left
- In My Heart
- Kissin My Love
- Let It Be
- Let Me In Your Life
- Make A Smile For Me
- Overload
- Ruby Lee
- Run For Cover
- Sweet Wanomi
- Tender Things
- World Keeps Going Around
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[Verse 1]
Em D Em
Looking at the pictures of the places that he’s been
A Em
Old man told me what he found
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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
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Going around and around
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Em D Em
Said he looked at the places, talk to the faces that he seen
A Em
Then he turned the pictures upside down
D Em
Said it don’t make no difference how many places that you’ve been
Em
Said the world keeps going around and around
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D Em A Em
Going around and around
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Em D Em
Then he put up the pictures shook his head and with a grin
A Em
He talked about his ups and downs
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Said it don’t make no difference how many fixes you’ve been
Em
You know the world keeps going around and around
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Going around and around
[Verse 4]
Em D Em
Betty Joe Johnson, don’t you pull no Daisy Mae on me
D Em
Daisy Mae she did me dirty,
D Em
so I had to leave her for Anna Lee
D Em
Anna Lee she had big street feet,
D Em
she spends her nights out on the road
D Em
So I started seeing Sally Jackson,
D Em
I had to let old Anna Lee go
D Em
Sally Jackson was a player,
D Em
had another man along with me
D Em
So I just took me one step backwards,
D Em
checked up on old Anna Lee
D Em
Anna Lee still had them street feet
D Em
Like to dance all night and sleep all day
D Em
So I just took one more step backwards,
D Em
checked up on old Daisy Mae
D Em
Daisy Mae is still doing dirty,
D Em
so I tell you what I had to do
D Em
I had to go just one step further, Betty Joe Johnson
D Em
And that’s how I know you
[Verse 5]
Em D Em
Said he looked at the places, talk to the faces that he seen
D Em
Then he turned the pictures upside down
D Em
Said it don’t make no difference how many places that you’ve been
Em
Said the world keeps going around and around
[Break]
Bm Am
Em
Going around and around
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[Verse 1]
Em D Em
Looking at the pictures of the places that he’s been
A Em
Old man told me what he found
D Em
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]
Bm Am
D Em A Em
Going around and around
[Verses 2]
Em D Em
Said he looked at the places, talk to the faces that he seen
A Em
Then he turned the pictures upside down
D Em
Said it don’t make no difference how many places that you’ve been
Em
Said the world keeps going around and around
[Break]
Bm Am
D Em A Em
Going around and around
[Verses 3]
Em D Em
Then he put up the pictures shook his head and with a grin
A Em
He talked about his ups and downs
D Em
Said it don’t make no difference how many fixes you’ve been
Em
You know the world keeps going around and around
[Break]
Bm Am
D Em A Em
Going around and around
[Verse 4]
Em D Em
Betty Joe Johnson, don’t you pull no Daisy Mae on me
D Em
Daisy Mae she did me dirty,
D Em
so I had to leave her for Anna Lee
D Em
Anna Lee she had big street feet,
D Em
she spends her nights out on the road
D Em
So I started seeing Sally Jackson,
D Em
I had to let old Anna Lee go
D Em
Sally Jackson was a player,
D Em
had another man along with me
D Em
So I just took me one step backwards,
D Em
checked up on old Anna Lee
D Em
Anna Lee still had them street feet
D Em
Like to dance all night and sleep all day
D Em
So I just took one more step backwards,
D Em
checked up on old Daisy Mae
D Em
Daisy Mae is still doing dirty,
D Em
so I tell you what I had to do
D Em
I had to go just one step further, Betty Joe Johnson
D Em
And that’s how I know you
[Verse 5]
Em D Em
Said he looked at the places, talk to the faces that he seen
D Em
Then he turned the pictures upside down
D Em
Said it don’t make no difference how many places that you’ve been
Em
Said the world keeps going around and around
[Break]
Bm Am
Em
Going around and around
[Outro]
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