You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover 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
[E]Verse 1
[E]You can?t judge an apple by looking at the tree
[E]You can?t judge honey by looking at the bee
[E]You can?t judge a daughter by looking at her mother
E Tacit
You can?t judge a book by looking at the cover
Chorus
Oh oh oh can?t yo[A]u see Oh you miss judged me[E]
I [B7]look like a bummer but I?m a lover[A]
[E]You can?t judge a book by looking at the cover
Bridge
[E]Come a little closer baby ? here what else I gotta say
[E]you got your radio turn down too low ? TURN IT UP
Verse 2
[E]You can?t judge sugar by looking at the cane
[E]You can?t judge a woman by looking at her man
[E]You can?t judge a sister by looking at her brother
E Tacit
You can?t judge a book by looking at the cover
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3
[E]You can?t judge a fish by looking at the pond
[E]You can?t judge right by looking at the wrong
[E]You can?t judge one by looking at the other
E Tacit
You can?t judge a book by looking at the cover
Chorus
Oh oh oh can?t yo[A]u see Oh you can?t judged me[E]
B7(this is played off to sound really bad) A
I play like a bummer but I?m a lover
Out
[E]
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