A Cover Is Not The Book chords

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[VERSE]
Uncle [Db6]Goodenberg was a b[A7]ookworm
And he [D6]lived on Charring [Ab9]Cross
The [Db6]memory of hi[Dbmaj7/F]s volumes [Edim7]brings a [Ebm7]smile [Ab9]
He would [Ebm9]read me lots of [Ab9]stories
When he[Db7] wasn't[Cb7] on the[Bb7] sauce
Now I'd[Eb7] like to share the wisdom
Of my [Ab7]favourit[Bbm7]e bib[Bdim7]liophi[Cm7b5]le
[Ab7]He [Ebm9]said [Ab9] a

[CHORUS]
[Db6]Cover is not the book
So open it[Eb7] up and take a look
'Cause under the[Ab7] cover one discovers
That the [Db6]king maybe a crook
[Ebdim7] [Fdim] [Gb6] Eb7b5/G
Chap - ter titles are like signs
And if you [Db/Ab]read be[Cb9]tween the [Bb9]lines
You'll [Ebm]find your first im[F7]pression was mis[Bbm]took [Eb9]
For a [Db/Ab]cover is nice
But a [Ab7]cover is not the [Db]book

[VERSE]
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"Mary Poppins, could you give us an example?"
"Certainly"

[Db]Nelly Rebitta was [Bb7]made of wood
But [Eb7]what could not be seen was though
A [Ab7]trunk up top was barren
While her [Db6]roots were lush and green
[Ebdim7]So [Fdim]in [Gb6]Spring when Mr. [Gbdim7]Hickery
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saw her blossoms blooming there
He took [Eb9]fruit despite her [Ab7]bark
And now there's [Db9]seedlings [Ab7]every[Db6]where

[CHORUS]
[Gbmaj7/Ab]Which [Ab9]proves
A [Db6]cover is not the[Bb7] book
So [Bb7]open it [Eb7]up and take a look
'Cause under the[Ab7] cover one discovers
That the [Db6]king maybe a crook
[Ebdim7] [Fdim] [Gb6] Eb7b5/G
Chap - ter titles are like signs
And if you [Db/Ab]read be[Cb9]tween the [Bb9]lines
You'll [Ebm]find your first im[F7]pression was mis[Bbm]took [Eb9]
For a [Db/Ab]cover is nice
But a [Ab7]cover is not the [Db]book

[VERSE]
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"Should we do the one about the wealthy widow?"
"Ooh, by all means"
"Always loved that one"
"Well, go on then"

[F7]Lady [Bb]Hyacinth Ma[G7#5]caw
Brought all her [C7]treasures to a reef
Where she [F7]only wore a smile
Plus two [Bb]feathers, and a leaf [Cdim7]
[Ddim7]So [Eb6]no one tried to[Edim7] rob her
'Cause she [Bb/F]barely wore a [G7#5]stitch
For when you're [D9]in your birthday [F7]suit
There ain't much [F7]there to show you're [Bb6]rich

[CHORUS]
[F7#5]Oh, a
[Bb6]Cover is not the [Ab9]book
So open it [C7]up and take a look
'Cause under the [F7]cover one discovers
That the [Bb]king maybe a crook
Tar[Cdim7]u - [Ddim7]la - [Eb6]lee, tarur[Ebdim7]ala, tarul[Bb/F]alee, ta[Ab9]ra - ta - [G7]ta
You'll [Cm]find your first im[D7]pression was mis[Gm]took (ya-da-da[C9] -da)
F#9 Bb.F
For a cover is nice
But a [F7]cover is not the [Bb]book

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"Oh give us the one about that dirty rascal, why don't ya"
"Isn't that one a bit long?"
"Well the quicker you're into it, the quicker you're out of it"

[C]Once upon a time
In a [A7]nursery rhyme
There was a [D9]castle with a king
Hiding in a wing
'Cause he never went to school to learn a single thing[D9]

He had [G9]scepters and swords
G9#5
And a parliament of lords
But on the [C6]inside he was sad
Egad!
Because he never[Caug] had a [F6]wisdom for numbers
A [Ab7/Gb]wisdom for words
Though his [C/G]crown was quite im[Bb9]mense
His brain was [A7]smaller that a bird's

[C#]So the [D]queen of the [Db9]nation
Made a[D9] royal proclamation
"To the [G]Missus and the[Adim/G] Messers
The[Gdim7] more or lessers [G]
Bring me [E]all the land's professors"
Then she went to the hair dressers

[G7#]And they[C] came from the east
And they [A7]came from the south
From each [D9]college they poured [Bdim/F]knowledge
From their [D9]brains into his mouth

But the [Bdim]king couldn't learn
So each pro[E7]fessor met their fate
For the [Bm7b5]queen had their [E7]heads removed
And [Am]placed upon the gate[C7]
And on that date
I state their [C9]wives all got a note
Their mate was now the late great
[Caug]But then [F6]suddenly one day
A stranger [Ab]started in to sing
He said "[C/G]I'm the dirty [E7]rascal
And I'm [A7]here to teach the king"

And the [D9]queen clutched her jewels
For she [G7]hated royal fools
But this [D9]fool had some [G7]rules
They really [C]ought to teach in [C7]schools

Like you'll [Db6]be a happy [Bb7]king
If you en[Eb9]joy the [Db6/F]things you've [Gbm(maj7)]got
[Gm7b5]You should [Cm7b5]never try to [F7]be
The kind of [Bbm]person that you're [Db9]not

So they [Gb6]sang and they laughed
For the [Gdim7]king had found a friend
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And they ran onto a rainbow for
The [Bb]story's perfect end

So the [Ebm7]moral is you [Edim7]mustn't let
The [Db/F]outside be the [Bb7]guide
B7b5 Bb7
For it's not so cut and dried
Well unless it's Dr. Jekyll
Then you better hide [Bb7]
Petrified [B/A] [Bb]

No, the [Ebm7]truth can't be denied
As I [Ab]now have [Bbm]testi[E7]fied
[Ab]All that [A9]really counts and matters
Is the [Eb5]special [Ab7]stuff [Db]inside
"He did it!"

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[CHORUS]
[F9]Oh, a [Bb6]cover is not the [Ab9]book
So[G7#5] open it [C7]up and take a look
Cause under the [F7]cover one discovers
That the [Bb6]king maybe a crook
So please [Eb6]listen to what we've [Edim7]said
And open a[Bb/F] book to[Dm7b5/Ab]night in [G7]bed
So [Cm7]one more time be[D7]fore we get the [Gm]hook (sing it out [C9]strong!)
[F#9]A [Bb/F]cover is nice (Please [Faug]take our advice)
A [Bb/F]cover is nice (Or [Faug]you'll pay the price)
A [Bb/F]cover is [Fdim7]nice
But a [F7]cover is not the [Bb]book

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