Is It An Ism Or Is It Art chords by Niki Daly

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F

Difficulty: Intermediate

Niki Daly - Is it an Ism or is it art?
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGQEQQXCGP8
Capo: 1

Intro:
| F | % | Dm | % |

Verse 1:
  F          C
Maholy Nagy, Maholy Nagy, I love your Ism but is it art?
                   Gm    F       C
Oh meet my Bauhaus baby,   Is it art?
    F      C
Marinetti, Filippo Marinetti, I love your Ism, but is it art?
               Gm      F           C
Futurism, so dynamic,    but is it art?

Break:
         Dm              C
Ya ya ya ya ya, ya ya ya ya ya ya ya

Verse 2:
     F         C
René Magritte, mister René Magritte, I love your Ism, but is it art?
                           Gm    F             C
I'll eat your black Bowler hat,     if that is art     (is it an Ism? or is it an art)
      F             C
Oskar Kokoschka, Oh Oskar Kokoschka, I love your Ism, but is it art?
                      Gm                      F                 C
I'm so chilled by the cold blue black of your nights, but is it art?

Bridge:
Dm                              F                               C
  Neo-plastisism, automatisism, televisionism. Oh, oh ho, is it art?   (Oh ho, oh ho. Oh ho, oh ho)
Dm                                     F                                C              Gm     C
  Post-pocassisim, hyper-realism, real hyperism. Oh oh, oh oh ... is it art?   (Oh ho, oh ho. Is it art?)

F                    C     F              C
  Keep looking for a sign,    for our own time.
Eb             Bbm       Dm                   A        Dm
  There really is'nt any Ism that I can call mine ...

Chorus:
  Gm                                       A       F
I know what I like, but don't know if it's art.
  C                   F
I really don't know,     my Ism from my art.
             C         Gm      F                C
Oh! Is it an Ism?  ... Mmm ... Mmm ... Or is it art?

Verse 3:
C
Oh mister Mondrian, mister Piet Mondrian,
                           C
I love your Ism, but is it art?
                     Gm               F            C
Your broadway boogie-woogie is jazzy,    but is it art?

Intrumental:
| Eb | % | Bbm | % | A  | Dm |

Chorus:
  Gm                                       A       F
I know what I like, but don't know if it's art.
  C                   F
I really don't know,     my Ism from my art.
             C         Gm      F                C
Oh! Is it an Ism?  ... Mmm ... Mmm ... Or is it art?
          C         Gm      F            C
Is It an Ism?  ... Mmm ... Mmm ... is it art?

Outro:
Gm             F                   C
  Computerism,    skeptisism ... I love that Ism.
Gm             F                 C
  Absoluteism,   vegetarianism, politism
Gm         F              C
  Dadaism,   synchronism,   Terrorism,
Gm               F                  C
  Expressionism,   Americanisim, Autognism
Gm
  Toxnoligism ... (fade)