A Cover Is Not the Book (From "Mary Poppins Returns"/Audio Only) Chords

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