Is This Art

Tom: Em

Em C Em C


[Verse 1]
     Em
they took me to the battlefield
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saw the mushroom clouds, said
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"i can see the colours even
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when my head is bowed" they
Em
showed me the destruction, the
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slaughter a la carte
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isn't nature wonderful, 
G  D             Em
     but is this art?


[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
     Em
they took me to the hospital
    C
and pulled aside the sheet,
      Em
said "look at that pulsating,
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just listen to the beat"
Em
showed me the incision
     C
then took away my heart
Am                  
isn't nature wonderful, 
G  D             Em
     but is this art?


[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
     Em
they took me to the scientist,
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opened up a phial
     Em
said "this is only chickenpox
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and rhino bile."
Em
showed me what it did to mice
    C
and this is just the start.
Am                  
isn't nature wonderful, 
G  D             Em
     but is this art?


[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
     Em
they took me to the tenement
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kicked down the door
    Em
said have you seen the copulation
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practised by the poor
     Em
we select the ones to breed
     C
then we reject the part
Am                  
isn't nature wonderful, 
G  D             Em
     but is this art?