Body and Soul chords by The Manhattan Transfer
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Intro 1
(A minor) (F sharpdim) (A minor) (E major)
(Edim) (C major) (Edim) (F sharpdim) (B major)
Verse 1
(G sharp minor) Don't you (F sharp minor) know,
he was the king (C sharp major) of (F sharp minor) saxophones
(B major) Yes indeed he (E major) was
(F sharp minor) Talkin' 'bout the guy that (G sharp minor) made it
(C major) sound (Gdim) so (F sharpdim) good (F sharp minor)
Some people (G sharp major) knew him by the (E flatdim) Bean
But (G sharp minor) Hawkins was his (G sharpdim) name (C sharp minor)
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Verse 2
He sure could (F sharpdim) swing and
(Adim) play pretty (E major) too
Sounds good to (C sharp major) me,
should sound good to (F sharp minor) you
I love to hear him playing (B major) Body and Soul
Very (G sharp major) pleasing (E major) to the ear (A major)
Verse 3
When I (G sharp minor) first heard it on the record
I just stopped (G major) right (F sharp minor) there,
Sounded like a (A major) band of angels
(E flatdim) in the sky,
And I have (Adim) never ever
(Cdim) heard a sweeter (C sharp minor) tone
I (F sharp minor) (B major) fact I pay no 'ttention to the
saxophone
(Gdim) 'Til (C major) Coleman Hawkin (F major) s came
along and spoke to every (G minor) one (C major)
(A minor) Say ing better (B flat major) listen
won't you hear (D sharp major) me,
While I play for (A minor) you
Some (D minor) times it's
Verse 4
(G minor) hot
Then (C major) again it's (F major) blue
My soul just seems to wander,
(F minor) Pleasing each and everyone
(B flat major) It's what I've (D sharp major) long been craving (G sharp major) for
Verse 5
The (G minor) doors have not (F sharpdim) been always open, (F major)
(F minor) But (B flat major) I am trying to (D sharpdim) please you.
(D major) Please don't stop me.
Hope you (C sharp major) like it folks
Verse 6
(F sharp minor) And then he started cookin'
(C sharp major) Every time he (F sharp minor) played
Some (F sharpdim) melodic melody (B major) fast or (Adim) slow
You could (A minor) tell that it (E major) was Hawkins (A minor)
(A major) No other
Verse 7
(G sharp minor) one ever has
Quite (Gdim) captured his tone
(F sharp minor) Just he alone (E major)
(F sharp minor) Has the sound that (D sharpdim) penet rates
(A major) It will (Adim) sure go right (G sharp major) through you
Yes it (C sharp minor) will
(F sharp minor) And every chorus gives
you just another (E major) thrill
Verse 8
Then (C sharp major) along came Eddie Jefferson
He (F sharp minor) sang the melody like Hawkins played it
(B major) He (Adim) sang it (C minor) true
He sang it (G sharp minor) blue
Made words for it (F sharp minor) too (B major)
Verse 9
(G sharp minor) All his fans in New York (Gdim) loved him
There's no one (F sharp minor) above him
(C sharp major) Here in the USA (C sharp minor)
(D sharp major) I've heard 'em (G sharp major) say ol'
Verse 10
Eddie was the man
(C sharp minor) Oh (C sharp major) how he could sing
(F sharp minor) Man did he swing
(A major) Sang on the wing, did his (G sharpdim) own thing
(C sharp major) Yes he (A major) did
Verse 11
Throughout (F sharp minor) the country
Music lovers are still wiggin'
(G major) on Eddie's (Bdim) singin'
(E major) All around the world (F sharp minor) he
is known (G sharp minor)
Rhythm (Gdim) was his special joy
He (F sharp minor) swung it like a horn
Verse 12
(E major) He (F sharp minor) must have been (D sharpdim) born
to be a (Adim) singer
'Cause his (G sharp major) lyrics were so
(C sharp minor) sincere and true
(B major) Funny sad or (Cdim) blue
Oh (E major) yeah!
Verse 13
And we've (G minor) got to re (C major) mind you
(F major) Many years it took him (G minor)
Singing every (A minor) day to (F major) achieve
(B flat major) his first claim to fame
Verse 14
(Adim) He was (D minor) twenty (G minor) years ahead of his (C major) time
And he (F major) knew it
But he kept right on-a singing
singing
He went all around the world
making (E flat major) rhythm
'Cause music sure was (G minor) in
him and he (F sharpdim) knew it was
Verse 15
(F minor) Sang with Moody and (B flat major) Richie Cole
He could (F major) sing it just like (D minor) Bird
But his (Ddim) forte was the
(D flat major) words he wrote to
(F sharp minor) Music that he sang
Verse 16
So he sang, and (F sharp minor) he sang
And he (F sharpdim) sang his words so clever
(E major) And I know they'll silence him (A major) never
(G sharp minor) 'Cause he (Gdim) cut this masterpiece
Verse 17
And (F sharp major) now we're (F sharp minor) try ing
to sing (A major) it for you
(D sharpdim) Hope the Bean and Eddie
(G sharp major) both would still approve
(Adim) There (G sharp major) we (C sharp minor) go
We didn't mean to reminisce
You can surely bet
That we won't (F sharp minor) forget
(F major) 'Cause we hear them yet
Good (F minor) (E major) bye
Outro 1
(E major)
Body and Soul
The Manhattan Transfer
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