Chords for Can't Weld A Body by Karine Polwart

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_ _ _ _ _ _ You crafted and caressed her [G] with a careful _ hand
_ But the lady didn't _ [C] understand _ _
And _ _ _ _ you riveted and plaited her till _ morning
_ _ _ But with a [D] coil or a careless _ [C] spark
Or a tumble in the dark
_ She'd leave her mark [G] upon you without _ warning
_ _ You can [Am]
[C] float a boat of steel upon the _ ocean
_ _ You [Am] can fix it [C] up with nuts and bolts and toil
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] But you can't [C] weld your body when it's _ broken, _ _ _ no
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_ _ _ _ _ While the lady, she's as fair as _ Desdemona
_ _ _ _ _ She swallowed you up [D] just like Jonah
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ And there the air inside her belly ailed _ you
_ _ And [D] no one saw you fall
And they did not hear your call
[C] And your breath it faltered [G] just before [D] it failed you
And you can [Am]
[Em] float a boat [C] of steel upon the _ ocean
_ _ You [Am] can fix it up [C] with nuts and bolts and toil
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] Oh, but you can't [C] weld a body when it's _ broken, [G] _ _ _ no
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_ _ _ _ _ _ On a cruiser that was fitted by your father
_ _ _ _ _ You anchored in San Carlos _ Harbor
_ _ _ _ [C] But the lady at the helm, she was not for turning
_ _ _ _ _ And your bell-bottoms blew _ in April, eighty-two
You bid adieu [G] and watched all you knew burning
_ _ _ And you [Am] can float a [C] boat of steel upon the _ _ [G] ocean
_ You [Am] can fix it up [C] with nuts and bolts and toil _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Oh, but you can't [C] weld a body when it's _ broken
_ _ You can float a boat of steel upon the _ _ ocean
_ You can fix it up with nuts and bolts and toil _ _ _ _ _
Oh, [Am] but you can't [C] weld a body when it's _ broken, _ _ no
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