Chords for Ian Dury - The Body Song

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[A] _ The foot [E] which steps with measured blade _ [A] _
_ [D] Receives instructions from [A] your head _ _
[D] _ [E] Is the body so?
_ Is the body so?
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[A] _ The leg a source of [A] much delight [G] _
Which [D] carries weight and governs heart
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_ Is the body so?
Is the body so?
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The flesh [B] we drop beneath our skin _ [A] Is [D]
what we keep our feelings in _ _ _
[E] Is the body so?
_ Is the body so? _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ Manipulation has its charms [G] _ [A] All [D] fingers, hands and also arms _
Is [E] the body so?
Is [E] the body so? _
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_ [A] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ Dreams of joy and songs of pain Come [D] well inside the brain's domain
_ Is [E] the body so?
_ Is the body so?
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ The [C#] sight that [E] smiles upon the face [Bm] _ _ [D] Gives hope for all the human race
Is _ [E] the body so?
Is the body so?
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_ [A] _ The mystery is the most [G] complex [A] A _ [D] heart of love, a soul of sex
_ _ [E] Is the body so?
_ Is the body so?
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_ _ [G] What bodies [E] need in general [Bm] terms _ [A] Is [D] food and clothes and free of germs
_ _ [E] Is the body so?
Is the body so?
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_ _ _ [G] _ Is the body _ [A] _
so?
Is the body _ [G] _ so?
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