Chords for "A Cover is Not the Book" - Mary Poppins Returns Lyrics

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Uncle Gutenberg [A] was a bookworm [D] and he lived on Charing [Ab] Cross.
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The memory of [C] his volumes [Ebm] brings a [Ab] smile.
[Ebm] He would read me [Ab] lots of stories [Db] when [B] he wasn't [Bb] on the source.
[Eb] Now I'd like to share the wisdom [Ab] of my [Bbm] favorite [F] _ [C]
bibliophile.
[Ab] _ He [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] said,
Dear _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] book, so open it up and take [Eb] a look,
[Ab] because under the covers one discovers that [Db] the king may be a crook.
[Gb] Chapter titles [Eb] are like signs and if [B] you read [Bb] between the lines,
[Eb] you'll [F] find your first impression [Bbm] was mistook.
[Eb] For [Db] a cover [Ab] is nice, but [Db] a cover is not, the book.
[Ab] Terrible, indeed, [Db] you're a good book, [Ab] terrible, indeed.
[Db] Mary [Ab] Poppins, could [Db] you give us an [Ab] example?
[Db] Certainly.
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_ _ [Db] [Bb] Nellie Rubina was made of [Eb] wood, but what could not be seen
was though [Ab] were trunk up top with barren, [Bbm] well, her roots were lush and green.
[Gb] So in spring when [Eb] Mr.
Hickory [Db] saw her blossoms bloom [Bb] in their [Eb] heated fruit,
[Ab] despite her bark, and now there's [Db] seedlings everywhere.
[Gb] Which [C] proves [Db] a cover is not [Bb] the book, [G] so open it up and take a [Eb] look,
because [Ab] under the covers one discovers [Db] that the king may be a crook.
[Gb] Chapter titles [Eb] are like [C] signs and [Ab] if you read [Bb] between the lines,
[Ebm] you'll find your [F] first [Bbm] impression was _
[Eb] mistook.
[Db] For a cover [Ab] is nice, but a cover is [Db] not, the book.
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Shall we do [Ab] the one about the wealthy widow?
Oh, [Bb] by all [F] means.
Always loved [Bb] that one.
Well, go on [A] then.
[Bb] Lady [G] Hyacinth McCaw brought all her [C] treasures to a [F] wreath,
where she only wore a smile, [Bb] plus two feathers and a leg.
[Ebm] So no one [Em] tried to rob her, because [Fm] she barely [G] wore a stick,
for [C] when you're in your birthday suit, there ain't [F] much there to show you're [Bb] rich.
Oh, a cover [Dbm] is not [C] the book, so open it up and take a look,
[E] because under [Fm] the cover [A] one [Bb] discovers that the king may be a crook.
[Eb] Taruralee, [A] tarurala, [Bb] taruralee, [G] taratata.
[Cm] You'll find your [D] first impression was [Gm] mistook.
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Yadadada, for [Bb] a cover [F] is nice, but a cover is [Bb] not, the book.
[Cm] [Bb] Oh, give us the one about the [Cm] dirty rascal, why [Bb] don't you?
[Dm] Isn't that one a [Cm] bit locked?
[Bb] Well, the quicker [F] you're into it, the quicker you're out of it.
[C] _ [A] Once [Ab] _ [G] _ _
_ _ upon a time in a nursery, rhyme, [Db] there was a [D] castle with a king hiding in a wing,
because he never went to school to learn a single thing.
He had scepters and [B] swords and a parliament of [Am] lords, but on the inside he was [G] sad.
He [E] died because he never had [Dm] a wisdom for numbers, [Ab] a wisdom for words,
though [C] his crown was [A] quite immense, his brain was smaller than [Db] a bird's.
[Dm] So the queen of the nation [G] made a royal proclamation to the missus [Eb] and the missus,
the more the lessors, [Gb] bring me all the land's professors.
Then she went [G] to the air dressers, and they [A] came from the east,
and they [D] came from the south.
From each [B] college they put knowledge from their brains into his mouth,
but the king couldn't [E] learn, so each [B] professor met their fate,
for the [E] queen had their [Am] headstrands and been placed upon [C] the gate.
And on that date, [Eb] I state their words, I've got a note, their [Ab] mate was now the [Dm] late great.
But then suddenly [Ab] one day a stranger started in to sing,
[G] he said, I'm the dirty rascal and I'm here to [D] teach the king.
And the queen clapped her [G] jewels, for she [D] hated royal fools,
but the [G] school had some rules, [Ab] they're really all for teaching [Db] schools,
like you'll be a happy [Ab] king if you [Gbm] enjoy the things you've [C] got.
You should [F] never try to [Bbm] be the kind of [Db] person that [Gb] you're not.
So they sang and they [E] laughed, for the king had found [Bbm] a friend,
and [B] they ran on to [Bb] a rainbow, for [Eb] the story's perfect end.
So the moral is you mustn't [Bb] let the outside be the guide,
for it's not so cut and dried.
Well, unless it's Dr.
Jekyll, then you'd better hide.
[Gb] Petrified!
Though the truth can't be [Ab] denied, as I [Bm] now have [A] testified,
all that really counts and matters [Eb] is the [Ab] special stuff [Db] inside.
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_ Oh, [Bb] a cover [G] is not the book, so [C] open it up and take a look.
But then [F] let a couple one discover [Bb] that the king may be a crook.
[Eb] So please listen [C] to what we've said.
And [Fm] open a book tonight [G] in bed.
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So one more [D] time before we [Gm] get the book.
[C] Sing it out [Bb] strong.
A cover is [F] not a book.
Please take our advice.
A cover is not a book.
Well, you'll pay the price!
A [Fm] cover is not [F] a book.
So let a cover be not [Gb] a book.
So let a cover be not a book.
So let a cover be not a book. _ _
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