Chords for Ian Dury - The Body Song

Tempo:
105.75 bpm
Chords used:

A

G

E

D

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ian Dury - The Body Song chords
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[B] [A] [Bm] [A]
[B] [A]
[E] [D] [A]
[E] [Bm]
[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?
[E] [A] [F#m]
[A] The leg a source of [A] much delight [G]
Which [D] carries weight and governs heart
[E]
Is the body so?
Is the body so?
[B] [A]
[G] [A]
[C] [A]
[G] [A]
[E] [A]
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?
[A]
[G] [A]
[C] [A]
[G] [A]
[E]
[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?
[G]
[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?
[B]
[A] [G]
[A] [C]
[A] [G]
[A] [E]
[C#] [A] [G]
[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?
[G] [A]
[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?
[G] [B] [A]
[G] [A]
[C] [A]
[G] [A]
[E] [A]
[G] [A]
[G] [A]
[G] [A]
[G] [A]
[G] [A]
[G] [A]
[G] [A]
[G] [A]
[G] Is the body [A]
so?
Is the body [G] so?
[A] [G] [A]
[G] [A]
[G] [Am]
Key:  
A
1231
G
2131
E
2311
D
1321
B
12341112
A
1231
G
2131
E
2311
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[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?
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
[A] _ The leg a source of [A] much delight [G] _
Which [D] carries weight and governs heart
[E] _
_ Is the body so?
Is the body so?
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
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? _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [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?
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [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?
_ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ [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?
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [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?
_ [G] _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ Is the body _ [A] _
so?
Is the body _ [G] _ so?
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _

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