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[Verse]
Db6 A7Uncle Goodenberg was a bookworm
D6 Ab9And he lived on Charring Cross
Db6 Dbmaj7/F Edim7 Ebm7 Ab9The memory of his volumes brings a smile
Ebm9 Ab9He would read me lots of stories
Db7 Cb7 Bb7When he wasn't on the sauce
Eb7Now I'd like to share the wisdom
Ab7 Bbm7 Bdim7 Cm7b5Of my favourite bibliophile
Ab7 Ebm9 Ab9He said a
[Chorus]
Db6Cover is not the book
Eb7So open it up and take a look
Ab7'Cause under the cover one discovers
Db6That the king maybe a crook
Ebdim7 Fdim Gb6 Eb7b5/GChap - ter titles are like signs
Db/Ab Cb9 Bb9And if you read between the lines
Ebm F7 Bbm Eb9You'll find your first impression was mistook
Db/AbFor a cover is nice
Ab7 DbBut a cover is not the book
[Verse]
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"Mary Poppins, could you give us an example?"
"Certainly"
Db Bb7Nelly Rebitta was made of wood
Eb7But what could not be seen was though
Ab7A trunk up top was barren
Db6While her roots were lush and green
Ebdim7 Fdim Gb6 Gbdim7So in Spring when Mr. Hickery
Db/Ab Bb7#5saw her blossoms blooming there
Eb9 Ab7He took fruit despite her bark
Db9 Ab7 Db6And now there's seedlings everywhere
[Chorus]
Gbmaj7/Ab Ab9Which proves
Db6 Bb7A cover is not the book
Bb7 Eb7So open it up and take a look
Ab7'Cause under the cover one discovers
Db6That the king maybe a crook
Ebdim7 Fdim Gb6 Eb7b5/GChap - ter titles are like signs
Db/Ab Cb9 Bb9And if you read between the lines
Ebm F7 Bbm Eb9You'll find your first impression was mistook
Db/AbFor a cover is nice
Ab7 DbBut a cover is not the book
[Verse]
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Cm7add4 F7 Bb Bbmaj7/F Cm7add4
"Should we Do the one about the wealthy widow?"
"Ooh, by all means"
"Always loved that one"
"Well, Go on then"
F7 Bb G7#5Lady Hyacinth Macaw
C7Brought all her treasures to a reef
F7Where she only wore a smile
Bb Cdim7Plus two feathers, and a leaf
Ddim7 Eb6 Edim7So no one tried to rob her
Bb/F G7#5'Cause she barely wore a stitch
D9 F7For when you're in your birthday suit
F7 Bb6There ain't much there to show you're rich
[Chorus]
F7#5Oh, a
Bb6 Ab9Cover is not the book
C7So open it up and take a look
F7'Cause under the cover one discovers
BbThat the king maybe a crook
Cdim7 Ddim7 Eb6 Ebdim7 Bb/F Ab9 G7Taru - la - lee, tarurala, tarulalee, tara - ta - ta
Cm D7 Gm C9You'll find your first impression was mistook (ya-da-da-da)
F#9 Bb.FFor a cover is nice
F7 BbBut a cover is not the book
[Verse]
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Bbmaj7/F Cm7add4 F7 Bb A Bb Ab7 G Ab7b5 G"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"
COnce upon a time
A7In a nursery rhyme
D9There was a castle with a king
Hiding in a wing
D9'Cause he never went to school to learn a single thing
G9He had scepters and swords
G9#5And a parliament of lords
C6But on the inside he was sad
Egad!
Caug F6Because he never had a wisdom for numbers
Ab7/GbA wisdom for words
C/G Bb9Though his crown was quite immense
A7His brain was smaller that a bird's
C# D Db9So the queen of the nation
D9Made a royal proclamation
G Adim/G"To the Missus and the Messers
Gdim7 GThe more or lessers
EBring me all the land's professors"
Then she went to the hair dressers
G7# CAnd they came from the east
A7And they came from the south
D9 Bdim/FFrom each college they poured knowledge
D9From their brains into his mouth
BdimBut the king couldn't learn
E7So each professor met their fate
Bm7b5 E7For the queen had their heads removed
Am C7And placed upon the gate
And on that date
C9I state their wives all got a note
Their mate was now the late great
Caug F6But then suddenly one day
AbA stranger started in to sing
C/G E7He said "I'm the dirty rascal
A7And I'm here to teach the king"
D9And the queen clutched her jewels
G7For she hated royal fools
D9 G7But this fool had some rules
C C7They really ought to teach in schools
Db6 Bb7Like you'll be a happy king
Eb9 Db6/F Gbm(maj7)If you enjoy the things you've got
Gm7b5 Cm7b5 F7You should never try to be
Bbm Db9The kind of person that you're not
Gb6So they sang and they laughed
Gdim7For the king had found a friend
Db/Ab B7b5And they ran onto a rainbow for
BbThe story's perfect end
Ebm7 Edim7So the moral is you mustn't let
Db/F Bb7The outside be the guide
B7b5 Bb7For it's not so cut and dried
Well unless it's Dr. Jekyll
Bb7Then you better hide
B/A BbPetrified
Ebm7No, the truth can't be denied
Ab Bbm E7As I now have testified
Ab A9All that really counts and matters
Eb5 Ab7 DbIs the special stuff inside
"He did it!"
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[Chorus]
F9 Bb6 Ab9Oh, a cover is not the book
G7#5 C7So open it up and take a look
F7Cause under the cover one discovers
Bb6That the king maybe a crook
Eb6 Edim7So please listen to what we've said
Bb/F Dm7b5/Ab G7And open a book tonight in bed
Cm7 D7 Gm C9So one more time before we get the hook (sing it out strong!)
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A cover is nice (Please take our advice)
Bb/F FaugA cover is nice (Or you'll pay the price)
Bb/F Fdim7A cover is nice
F7 BbBut a cover is not the book
[Outro]
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