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by Bo Diddley


You Can’t Judge A Book by the Cover
Cappo – 4th Fret – use the chord shapes as shown the original recording was in G#-Fb

Another typical Bo-Diddley Jungle Beat it just drives along 

A great version was done by the Merseybeats way back in the 1960s

Intro

Verse 1

You can’t judge an apple by looking at the tree

You can’t judge honey by looking at the bee

You can’t judge a daughter by looking at her mother
           Tacit
You can’t judge a book by looking at the cover

Chorus
                                               
Oh oh oh can’t you see    Oh you miss judged me
                                    
I look like a bummer but I’m a lover

You can’t judge a book by looking at the cover

Bridge

Come a little closer baby – here what else I gotta say 

you got your radio turn down too low – TURN IT UP

Verse 2

You can’t judge sugar by looking at the cane

You can’t judge a woman by looking at her man

You can’t judge a sister by looking at her brother
           Tacit
You can’t judge a book by looking at the cover

Repeat Chorus
 
Verse 3

You can’t judge a fish by looking at the pond

You can’t judge right by looking at the wrong

You can’t judge one by looking at the other
           Tacit
You can’t judge a book by looking at the cover

Chorus
                                               
Oh oh oh can’t you see    Oh you can’t judged me
  B7(this is played off to sound really bad) A  
I play like a bummer but I’m a lover

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