\documentclass[a4]{article}
\usepackage{import}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{fontspec}

\usepackage{expl3}



% we need to define these commands as empty... because :
% the file data.tex redefines them with a \renewcommand, so they need to exist first
% the reason is that for books, these macros are reset for each song in the book
\newcommand{\makesongtitle}{}
\newcommand{\songlastupdate}{}
\newcommand{\songtoday}{}
\newcommand{\xxcfoot}[2]{}
%\newcommand{\songlyrics}{}

\usepackage{multicol}




%\definecolor{columbiablue}{rgb}{0.61, 0.87, 1.0}
%\definecolor{songbookcolorintro}{HTML}{F0DC82}
%\definecolor{songbookcolorcouplet}{HTML}{e7feff}
%\definecolor{songbookcolorcoupletb}{HTML}{54FF9F}
%\definecolor{songbookcolorrefrain}{HTML}{63B8FF}
%\definecolor{songbookcolorrefrainb}{HTML}{36648B}
%\definecolor{songbookcolorpont}{HTML}{D8BFD8}
%\definecolor{songbookcolorfill}{HTML}{dbd7d2}

% generic preamble
\input{preamble}
% generated from user data
\input{sections}
\input{data}
\input{chords}




\begin{document}
%\makesongtitle
% body.tex is the user input

\newcounter{xxxrowcount}
\newcounter{xxxsectioncount}
\newcounter{xxxsectionrefcount}
\newcounter{xxxcolumncount}


\input{body}

\end{document}