A Cover Is Not the Book (Sing-Along Edition From “Mary Poppins Returns") Chords

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_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ Uncle [A] Gutenberg was a [D] bookworm and he lived on [Ab] Charing Cross.
[Db] The memory of his [C] volumes [Ebm] brings a smile.
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[Ebm] He would read me [Ab] lots of [Db] stories when he [B] wasn't on [Bb] the source.
[Eb] Now I'd like to share the wisdom [Ab] of my [Bbm] favorite [F] _ [C] bibliophile.
[Ab] _ He _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] said,
_ Discoveries [Bbm] _ [Bb] not there, but _ [Eb] _ I can look.
Because [Ab] under the covers one discovers [Db] that the king may be a crook.
[Gb] Chapter titles [Eb] are like signs and [Ab] if you [B] read [Bb] between the lines,
[Eb] You'll find your [F] first [Bbm] impression was mistook.
[Eb] Or [Ab] a cover is nice, but a cover [Db] is not.
The book [Ab] never made it out of [Db] the dark, [Ebm] never [Ab] made it [Db] out.
[Ebm] Mary [Ab] Poppins, [Db] could you give us [Ab] an example?
[Db] Certainly.
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[Db] Nellie [Bb] Rubina was made of [Eb] wood, but what could not be seen
Was [Ab] though her trunk up top was barren, [Db] while her roots were lush and green.
[B] So in spring when [Eb] Mr.
Hick we [Db] saw a blossom [Ab] bloom in there.
[Eb] He took root [Ab] despite a bog and now there's seedlings [Db] everywhere.
Which [C] [Db] proves that cover [B] is not [Bb] the book.
So open [Eb] it up and take a look.
[G] Because under [Ab] the covers one discovers [Db] that the king may be a crook.
[Gb] Chapter titles [Cm] are like [Em] signs and if you [B] read [Bb] between the lines,
[Eb] You'll find your [F] first [Bbm] impression was _ [Eb] mistook.
Or [Db] a cover is nice, [Ab] but a cover is not.
The book never made it out of the dark, never made it out.
Shall we [Db] do the one about [Ab] 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 home [C] her treasures to a wreath.
[F] Where she only wore a smile.
Plus [Bb] two feathers and a [Eb] leaf.
So no one tried [Em] to rob her, cause she [Fm] barely [G] wore a seat.
For [Gm] when you're in your [F] birthday suit, there [C] ain't much [F] there to show you're rich.
[Bb] Or a cover [Ab] is not the [G] book.
So [C] open it up and take a look.
Because [Fm] under the covers [A] one [Bb] discovers that the king may be a crook.
[Eb] Taroo-ralee, [Em] taroo-rala, taroo [G]-ralee, ta-ra-ta-ta.
[Cm] You'll find your [D] first impression was [Gm] mistook.
Yeah, [C] da-da-da.
For [F] a cover is nice, but a cover [Bb] is not.
The book.
_ [Cm] Oh, give [Bb] me someone about the dirty [F] rascal, why [Bb] don't ya?
Isn't that one [C] a bit locked?
Well, the [Bb] quicker you're into [F] it, the quicker you're out of it.
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ Once upon a time in a nursery rhyme,
[Db] There was a [F] castle with a [D] king hiding in a wing.
Cause he never went to school to learn a single thing.
He had [G] scepters and swords and a parliament of [Am] lords,
But on the inside [B] he was sad.
He died because he never had a [Dm] wisdom for numbers, [Ab] a wisdom for words.
Though his crown was quite [Db] immense, his brain was smaller than a bird's.
[D] So the [F] queen of the [Gb] nation made a [G] royal proclamation to the missus and the missus.
The more or lessers [Gb] bring me all the land's professors.
Then she went [G] to the air [C]-dressers, and they [D] came from the east, and they came from the south.
From each [B] college they [Am] put knowledge from their brains [B] into his mouth.
But the king couldn't [E] learn, so each professor met their fate.
For the queen had their head [Am]-rimmers then placed upon the [Cm] gate.
And on that date, I state their words I've got a note.
Their mate was now the late great.
[Dm] But then suddenly one [Abm] day a stranger started [Em] interesting.
He said, I'm the dirty rascal and I'm [D] here to teach the king.
And the queen [G] clapped her jewels, for she [D] hated royal fools.
But [G] this fool had some rules, they [Ab] really ought to teach in [Db] schools.
Like you'll be a happy king if you enjoy the [Gbm] things you've got.
[C] You should [F] never try to [Bbm] be the kind of person [Db] that you're not.
[Gb] So they sang and they [E] laughed, for the king had found a friend.
[Bbm] And they ran [Bb] onto a rainbow for the story's perfect end.
So [Eb] the moral is you mustn't [Fm] let the [Bb] outside be the [F] guide, for [Bb] 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 [Ab] denied, as I now have [A] testified.
All that really counts and matters [Eb] is the [Ab] special [Db] stuff _ inside.
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[Bb] Hark, the cover is [G] up, the [C] books are open.
Get up and take a look, and look at the [F] covers.
One discovers [Bb] that the king may be a crook.
[Eb] So please listen to [Bb] what we've said.
And [Fm] open a book [G] tonight in bed.
[C] So [D] one more time before we [G] get the hooks.
[C] Sing it out strong.
[Bb] Hark, the cover is [F] up.
Please take her advice.
Hark, [Bb] the cover is [F] up.
You'll pay the price.
[Fm] Hark, the [F] cover is [Bb] up.
Please take her advice.
[Gb] Hark, the cover is up.
Please take her advice.
[Bb] Hark, the cover is up.
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