Chords for A Cover Is Not the Book

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[Db] _ _ _ Uncle [A] Gutenberg was a bookworm [D] and he lived on [Ab] Charing Cross.
[Db] The memory of his [C] volumes [Ebm] brings a smile.
[Ab] _ He [Ebm] would read me lots [Ab] of stories [Db] when he [G] wasn't [Bb] on the source.
[Eb] Now I'd like to share the wisdom [Ab] of my [Db] favorite _
[C] bibliophile.
[Ab] _ He _ _ [Ebm] _
_ [Ab] said,
Uncle _ [Db] _
Gutenberg, [Bb] so open it up and take [Eb] a look.
Because under [Ab] the covers one discovers that [Db] the king may be a crook.
[Gb] Chapters, titles are [Eb] like signs and [Ab] if you read [B] between [Bb] the lines,
[Eb] you'll find your first [F] [Bbm] impression was mistook.
[Eb] For [Db] a cover [Ab] is nice, but a cover [Db] is not the book.
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[Ab] Mary _ [Db] _ [Ab] Poppins, could you give [Ab] us an example?
Certainly.
[Dbm] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] Nelly Rubina [Fm] was made of wood, [Gm] but what could not be seen
[Eb] was though [Ab] a trunk up top was barren, while [Db] her roots were lush and green.
[Gb] So in spring when [Eb] Mr.
Hickory saw [Db] a blossom bloom [D] in there,
he [Eb] took root [Ab] despite her bark and now there's seedlings [Db] everywhere.
[Gb] Which [Ab] proves [Db] that a cover is [B] not the [Bb] book, so [G] open it up and take a look.
Because [Ab] under the covers one discovers [Db] that the king may be a crook.
[Gb] Chapters, titles are [Eb] like [C] signs and [Ab] if you [B] read [Bb] between the lines,
[Ebm] you'll find your [F] first [Bbm] impression was _ [Eb] mistook.
For [Db] a cover is nice, [Ab] but a cover [Db] is not the [Ab] book.
Shall we [Db] do the one [Ab] about the wealthy widow?
Oh, [Bb] by all [F] means.
Always loved that one.
[Bb] Well, go on then.
[Cm] _ [Bb] Lady Hyacinth [G] McCaw brought all [C] her treasures to a reef.
[F] Where she only wore a smile.
Lost [Bb] two feathers and a [Eb] leaf.
So no one [E] tried to rob her, because [Fm] she barely [G] wore a stick.
For when [C] you're in your [F] birthday suit, there ain't [C] much [F] there to show you're [Bb] rich.
Oh, a cover is not [Ab] the book, so [C] open it up and take a look.
[Fm] Because under the [A] covers one [Bb] discovers that the king may be a crook.
[Eb] Taroo-ralee, taroo [A]-ralot, taroo [Bb]-ralee, ta-ra [G]-ta-ta.
[Cm] You'll find your first [D] impression was [Gm] mistook.
_ [C] For [Bb] a cover [F] is nice, but a cover is not [Bb] the book.
_ [Cm] Oh, give [Bb] us the one about the dirty [Cm] rascal, why [Bb] don't you?
Isn't that one [Cm] a bit locked?
Well, the [Bb] quicker you're [F] into it, the quicker you're out of it.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ Once upon a time [D] in a nursery rhyme, there was a [Db] castle with [D] a king hiding in a wing.
Because he never went to school to learn a single thing.
He had scepters and [G] swords and a parliament [Am] of lords, but on the [Ab] inside he was sad.
He had, because he never [Dm] had a wisdom for [Ab] numbers, a wisdom for words.
Though [Bb] his crown was quite immense, [A] his brain was smaller than a [D] bird's.
So the queen [F] of the nation [D] made a [G] royal proclamation to the missus and [Eb] the missus.
The more or [G] lessers [Gb] from the Orville lands professors.
Then she went to [G] the hairdressers and they [Am] came from the east.
And they came from [Dm] the south.
From each college they put knowledge from their brains into [B] his mouth.
What the king [E] could learn, so each professor met their [B] fate.
For the queen [E] had their heads [Am] removed and placed upon the [C] gate.
And on that date, [Bb] [Eb] I think their words all got a note.
Their mate was now the [C] late great.
[Dm] But then suddenly one [Ab] day a stranger started in to sing.
[G] He said, I'm [E] the dirty [A] rascal and I'm here to teach [D] the king.
And the queen clashed her [G] jewels, for she [D] hated royal fools.
But the schools [G] had some rules, [Ab] they're really awful, teaching [Db] schools.
Like you'll be a [Bb] happy king if [Eb] you enjoy the things you've [C] got.
You should never try to [F] be the [Bbm] kind of person [Db] that you're not.
[Gb] So they sang and they laughed, for [E] the king had found a friend.
[Bbm] And they [B] ran on to a [Bb] rainbow, all the [Eb] stories 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] what cover is not [G] their book?
So [C] open it up and take a look.
And [F] under the cover one discovers [Bb] that the king may be a crook.
So [Eb] please listen to [C] what we've said.
And [Fm] open a book [G] tonight in bed.
[C] So one more [D] time before we [Gm] get the hook, [C] sing it out strong!
[Bb] A cover is not.
Please [F] take her advice.
[Bb] A cover [F] is not.
So you'll pay the price.
A cover is not.
So the cover [Bbm] is not a bed.
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