Chords for A Cover Is Not the Book (From "Mary Poppins Returns")

_ It is my great honor to introduce this evening's renowned [A] guest.
The one, _ [G] the only, _ Mary [C] Poppins! _ _ _ _
Thank you, thank you very much.
Come [Cm] on!
[Dm]
Come on [G] now!
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Sing _ [D] _ [C] _ [Fm] _ [Gb] _ _ [G] _
_ for [C] us, Mary Poppins!
Sing [Am] for us!
No, no, no, no.
Come [Ab] on, have a go.
No, I haven't sung in [A] years.
Sing for us, Mary Poppins.
Please do sing for us.
Oh no, I couldn't possibly.
D flat [Db] major.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] Uncle [Fm] _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
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[A] Gutenberg was a bookworm [D] and he lived on [Ab] Charing Cross.
[Db]
The memory of his [C] 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] _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] He said_ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] _ Take a look, because [Ab] under the rubber one discovers that [Db] the king may be a [F] crook.
[Gb] Chapter titles [Eb] are like signs and [Ab] if you [B] read between [Bb] the lines,
[Eb] you'll [F] find your first [Bbm] impression was mistook.
[Eb] _
[Db] Or a cover [Ab] is nice but a [Db] cover is not.
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_ [Db] _ [Ab] Mary _ [Db] _ _ [Ab]
Poppins, could you give [Db] us an [Ab] example?
Certainly.
[Db] _ [Ab] _
Hmm.
[Db] Nelly Rubina [D] was made of wood [Eb] but what could not be seen
was though [Ab] her trunk up top was barren.
Well, [Bbm] her roots were lush and green.
[B] So in spring when [Eb] Mr.
Hickory [Db] saw a blossom [Ab] bloom in there,
[Eb] he took [Ab] root despite her bark.
And now [Eb] there's [Ab] seedlings [Db] everywhere.
Which [C] proves [Db] a cover is [B] not the [Bb] book.
So [Eb] open it up and take a look,
because [Ab] under the covers one discovers [Db] that the king may be a crook.
[Gb] Chapter titles [Cm] are like [C] signs.
And if you [B] read [Bb] between the lines,
[Eb] you'll find your [F] first [Bbm] impression was [Eb] mistook.
[Db] Or a [Ab] cover is nice but a cover is [Db] not the [Ab] book.
Should [Db] we do the one [Ab] about the wealthy widow?
Oh, [Bb] by [F] all means.
Always loved that [Bb] one.
Well, go on [A] then.
[Bb] Lady Hyacinth [G] McCaw brought all her [C] treasures to a wreath.
[F] Where she only wore a smile.
[Bb] Plus two feathers and a leg.
[Eb] So no one [Em] tried to rob her [Fm] because she barely [G] wore a stick.
For [C] when you're in your birthday suit,
there ain't much [F] there to show you're rich.
[Bb] Oh, a cover is not the [G] book.
So [C] open it up and take a [Fm] look,
because under the [A] covers one [Bb] discovers that the king may be a crook.
[Eb]
Taruralee [A] tarurala _ [G] taruralee tarataka.
[Cm] You'll find your [D] first impression was [Gm] mistook.
[C] Yadadada.
[Bb] For a [F] cover is nice but a [Bb] cover is not the book.
[Cm] Oh, [Bb] give me the one about the [F] dirty rascal, why [Bb] don't I?
Isn't that [Cm] one a bit locked?
Well, [Bb] the quicker you're [F] into it, the quicker you're out of it.
_ [Abm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
[G] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ Once upon a [A] time in a nursery [Db] rhyme,
there was a castle [F] with a king hiding [D] in a wing.
Because he never went to school to learn a single thing.
He had [G] scepters and swords and a parliament [Am] of lords.
But on the [Cm] inside he was sad.
He had [Abm] because he never [Dm] had a wisdom for [Ab] numbers.
A wisdom for words.
[Am] Though his crown was quite immense, his brain was smaller than [Db] a bird's.
[D] So the [F] queen of the nation made a [G] royal proclamation to the missus [Cm] and the missus.
The more lessons, [Ebm] bring me all the land's professors.
Then she went [Cm] to the addresses and they came from [Am] the east.
And they came [Dm] from the south.
From each college they put knowledge [Gb] from their brains into his [B] mouth.
But the king couldn't [E] learn, so each professor [B] met their fate.
For the queen [E] had their [Am] heads removed and placed upon [C] the gate.
And on that date, I state their words.
I've got a note, their mate was now the late [F] great.
But then suddenly [Ab] one day a stranger started in to [G] sing.
He said, I'm the dirty rascal and I'm here to teach the king.
And the queen clatched her jewels, for she hated [D] royal fools.
But this [G] fool had some [Ab] rules.
They really ought to teach in schools.
[Bbm] Like you'll be a happy [Eb] king if you enjoy the things you've got.
[C] You should never [F] try to be [Bbm] the kind of [Db] person that [Gb] you're not.
So they sang and they [E] laughed, for the king had found a [Db] friend.
And [B] they ran onto a rainbow, [Bbm] for the story's perfect [Ebm] end.
So the moral is [Em] you mustn't [Db] let the outside be the [Eb] guide.
For it's [Bb] not so cut and dried.
Well, unless it's Dr.
Jekyll, then you'd better hide.
[Ebm] Petrify!
No, the truth can't be [Abm] denied, as I now have [A] testified.
All that really counts and matters [Eb] is the [Ab] stencil [Db] stuck inside.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [Db] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [G] I'll put [C] someone in an undertaker.
[F] Because under the covers, one discovers [Bb] that the king may be a crook.
[Eb] So please listen [Bb] to what we've said.
[Fm] And open a book tonight [G] in bed.
[Gm] So one [D] more time before we get [G] the hook.
You're [C] strong!
[Bb] A cover is on!
[F] Please take her [Bb] advice!
A cover is [F] on!
Then you'll pay the price!
A [Fm] cover is [F] on!
But a cover is [Bbm] not the book! _ _ _ _
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