You Can't Tell a Book by the Cover chords by
Tom Rush
Tom Rush

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Key: Bb major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Now, you can't tell the honey, babe,
Verse 2
lookin' at the bee
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You can't tell an apple
Verse 3
lookin' at the tree
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Can't tell the sister lookin'
at the brother
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Can't tell a book lookin' at the cover
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Baby can't you see how you misjudged me
Verse 4
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I may look like a farmer,
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baby, but I'm a lover
Verse 5
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Can't tell a book lookin'
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at the cover
SOLO
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Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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Now,
you can't judge the sugar lookin' in the cane
Verse 7
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You can't tell a woman
Verse 8
lookin' at her man
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Can't judge a father lookin'
Verse 9
at the brother
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D
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G
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Can't tell a book lookin' at the cover
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Baby
Verse 10
can't you see how
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you misjudged me
Verse 11
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D
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I may look like a farmer,
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baby, but I'm a lover
Verse 12
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Can't tell a book lookin' at
Interlude 2
the cover
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C
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D
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C
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Verse 13
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Now, you can't tell the fish
Verse 14
lookin' in the pond
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You can't judge a right
Verse 15
lookin' at the wrong
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Can't judge the one
Verse 16
lookin' at the other
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C
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Can't judge a book
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lookin' at the cover
Verse 17
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Baby can't you see how you misjudged me
Verse 18
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I may look like a farmer, baby,
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C
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but I'm a lover
Verse 19
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Can't tell a book lookin' at
Interlude 3
the cover
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C
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G
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D
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Verse 20
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Now, you can't judge the sugar
Verse 21
lookin' in the cane
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You can't tell a woman
Verse 22
lookin' at her man
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Can't judge a moth
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Can't tell a book lookin' at the cover
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Baby can't you see how you misjudged me
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I may look like a farmer,
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baby, but I'm a lover
Verse 23
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Can't tell a book lookin' at
Outro 1
the cover
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