Misc Soundtrack – Mary Poppins Returns - A Cover Is Not The Book (Guitar)
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[Intro]
Db Bb7 Eb7 Db/F Ebm/Gb Eb/G Ab7 Eb9 Ab9
[Verse]
Db6 A7 Uncle Goodenberg was a bookworm D6 Ab9 And he lived on Charring Cross Db6 Dbmaj7/F Edim7 Ebm7 Ab9 The memory of his volumes brings a smile Ebm9 Ab9 He would read me lots of stories Db7 Cb7 Bb7 When he wasn't on the sauce Eb7 Now I'd like to share the wisdom Ab7 Bbm7 Bdim7 Cm7b5 Of my favourite bibliophile Ab7 Ebm9 Ab9 He said a
[Chorus]
Db6 Cover is not the book Eb7 So open it up and take a look Ab7 'Cause under the cover one discovers Db6 That the king maybe a crook Ebdim7 Fdim Gb6 Eb7b5/G Chap - ter titles are like signs Db/Ab Cb9 Bb9 And if you read between the lines Ebm F7 Bbm Eb9 You'll find your first impression was mistook Db/Ab For a cover is nice Ab7 Db But a cover is not the book
[Verse]
Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Ab7 Db Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Ab7 Db Dbmaj7/Ab
Ebm7add4 Ab7 Db Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Ab7
"Mary Poppins, could you give us an example?"
"Certainly"
Db Bb7 Nelly Rebitta was made of wood Eb7 But what could not be seen was though Ab7 A trunk up top was barren Db6 While her roots were lush and green Ebdim7 Fdim Gb6 Gbdim7 So in Spring when Mr. Hickery Db/Ab Bb7#5 saw her blossoms blooming there Eb9 Ab7 He took fruit despite her bark Db9 Ab7 Db6 And now there's seedlings everywhere
[Chorus]
Gbmaj7/Ab Ab9 Which proves Db6 Bb7 A cover is not the book Bb7 Eb7 So open it up and take a look Ab7 'Cause under the cover one discovers Db6 That the king maybe a crook Ebdim7 Fdim Gb6 Eb7b5/G Chap - ter titles are like signs Db/Ab Cb9 Bb9 And if you read between the lines Ebm F7 Bbm Eb9 You'll find your first impression was mistook Db/Ab For a cover is nice Ab7 Db But a cover is not the book
[Verse]
Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Ab7 Db Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Ab7 Bb Bbmaj7/F
Cm7add4 F7 Bb Bbmaj7/F Cm7add4
"Should we do the one about the wealthy widow?"
"Ooh, by all means"
"Always loved that one"
"Well, go on then"
F7 Bb G7#5 Lady Hyacinth Macaw C7 Brought all her treasures to a reef F7 Where she only wore a smile Bb Cdim7 Plus two feathers, and a leaf Ddim7 Eb6 Edim7 So no one tried to rob her Bb/F G7#5 'Cause she barely wore a stitch D9 F7 For when you're in your birthday suit F7 Bb6 There ain't much there to show you're rich
[Chorus]
F7#5 Oh, a Bb6 Ab9 Cover is not the book C7 So open it up and take a look F7 'Cause under the cover one discovers Bb That the king maybe a crook Cdim7 Ddim7 Eb6 Ebdim7 Bb/F Ab9 G7 Taru - la - lee, tarurala, tarulalee, tara - ta - ta Cm D7 Gm C9 You'll find your first impression was mistook (ya-da-da-da)
F#9 Bb.F
For a cover is nice
F7 Bb But a cover is not the book
[Verse]
Cm7add4 F7 Bb Bbmaj7/F Cmadd4 F7 Bb Bbmaj7/F Cm7add4 F7 Bb
Bbmaj7/F Cm7add4 F7 Bb A Bb Ab7 G Ab7b5 G "Oh give us the one about that dirty rascal, why don't ya"
"Isn't that one a bit long?"
"Well the quicker you're into it, the quicker you're out of it"
C Once upon a time A7 In a nursery rhyme D9 There was a castle with a king
Hiding in a wing
D9 'Cause he never went to school to learn a single thing G9 He had scepters and swords G9#5 And a parliament of lords C6 But on the inside he was sad
Egad!
Caug F6 Because he never had a wisdom for numbers Ab7/Gb A wisdom for words C/G Bb9 Though his crown was quite immense A7 His brain was smaller that a bird's C# D Db9 So the queen of the nation D9 Made a royal proclamation G Adim/G "To the Missus and the Messers Gdim7 G The more or lessers E Bring me all the land's professors"
Then she went to the hair dressers
G7# C
And they came from the east
A7 And they came from the south D9 Bdim/F From each college they poured knowledge D9 From their brains into his mouth Bdim But the king couldn't learn E7 So each professor met their fate Bm7b5 E7 For the queen had their heads removed Am C7 And placed upon the gate
And on that date
C9
I state their wives all got a noteTheir mate was now the late great
Caug F6 But then suddenly one day Ab A stranger started in to sing C/G E7 He said "I'm the dirty rascal A7 And I'm here to teach the king" D9 And the queen clutched her jewels G7 For she hated royal fools D9 G7 But this fool had some rules C C7 They really ought to teach in schools Db6 Bb7 Like you'll be a happy king Eb9 Db6/F Gbm(maj7) If you enjoy the things you've got Gm7b5 Cm7b5 F7 You should never try to be Bbm Db9 The kind of person that you're not Gb6 So they sang and they laughed Gdim7 For the king had found a friend Db/Ab B7b5 And they ran onto a rainbow for Bb The story's perfect end Ebm7 Edim7 So the moral is you mustn't let Db/F Bb7 The outside be the guide B7b5 Bb7 For it's not so cut and dried
Well unless it's Dr. Jekyll
Bb7 Then you better hide B/A Bb Petrified Ebm7 No, the truth can't be denied Ab Bbm E7 As I now have testified Ab A9 All that really counts and matters Eb5 Ab7 Db Is the special stuff inside
"He did it!"
[Instrumental]
F G/F Db F
[Chorus]
F9 Bb6 Ab9 Oh, a cover is not the book G7#5 C7 So open it up and take a look F7 Cause under the cover one discovers Bb6 That the king maybe a crook Eb6 Edim7 So please listen to what we've said Bb/F Dm7b5/Ab G7 And open a book tonight in bed Cm7 D7 Gm C9 So one more time before we get the hook (sing it out strong!) F#9 Bb/F Faug A cover is nice (Please take our advice) Bb/F Faug A cover is nice (Or you'll pay the price) Bb/F Fdim7 A cover is nice F7 Bb But a cover is not the book
[Outro]
Gb Bb Gb Bb Gb Bb