Mary Poppins Returns - A Cover Is Not The Book chords by Soundtracks

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Db

Difficulty: Intermediate

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 note
Their 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