Chords for Corey Smith - Can't Judge a Book (Official Audio)

_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ This is another song that is not on any of my records or anything, but I've been playing
it at live shows [G] for a while.
I wrote it to try to teach an [F] important moral lesson about [Em] promiscuous sex.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [A] It's called Can't Judge a [C] Book by its Cover.
_ [N] Listen carefully and you might learn something tonight.
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_ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
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_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _
_ [F#] He was [G] 24, [A] _ she [G] was just [A] 16.
[F#] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ [Gm]
He [D] met her out at a club, took her home and they got down [A] if you know what I mean.
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ [Em] Yeah, she was [E] lying about her age, [G] and he didn't have a clue she was just [A] in the 10th grade.
_ [D] Not until the [E] cops took him away.
[Em] But you can't judge a book [A] by the cover.
[D] You better watch [E] yourself [A] and read between the lines.
[G] You better [D] look good [C#m] before you [A] leap under cover.
No, [G] no, cause [D] you can't [Em] judge a book [A] by the cover.
No, no you [E] can't.
_ [G] _ _ [A] She [D] was a good [G] girl, [A] _ [E] tried to follow all [A] the rules.
_ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ [Gm] [D] But she fell for the wrong kind of guy.
He got what he wanted and he played [A] her like a fool.
_ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ [Em] Yeah, he [E] looked so cool and clean, but [G] he gave her the worst [E] case of herpes that she ever [A] seen.
_ Now they [E] call her the [Em] STD queen.
[D] And you can't [C#m] judge a [G] book [A] by the cover.
[D] You better [E] watch yourself and [A] read between the lines.
You [G] better look [D] good before [G#] you leap [A] under the covers.
No, no, [D] cause you can't judge a [E] book [A] by the cover.
No, [Em] no you can't.
[E] _ _ [Am] _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] Okay, [A] the last verse is the most important [Gm] one.
It's [F#m] about the biggest [D] danger of [A] them all perhaps.
_ [D] _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] He worked the [Em] drive-thru [A] _ down at the [Gm] Chick-fil [C]-A.
_ [D] _ [G] [A] He _ _
[D] _ met this hot looking mama.
She drove through there and invited him over to [A] her place.
[D] _ [G] _ [A] _ So he [Em] headed [E] right over after work, [D] pulled up a [A] skirt, and there was something swinging
down in his face.
[F#] Yeah, he [Gm] had to learn the [E] hard way [G] that you [E] can't judge [A] a book by the cover.
[F#m]
You [G] better watch [E] yourself [A] and read between the lines.
[D] You better look good [C#m] before you [A] leap under the covers.
No, [D] no, cause you can't judge [E] a book.
[D] Can't judge a book, no you can't.
[E]
[D] Can't judge a book _ _ [E] _ [A] by the cover, no. _
[F#] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Thank you very much.
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