Misc Traditional – The Devils Nine Questions (Guitar)

C              F            G
Come answer me my questions nine,

C                    F   C
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

C                           F
For you're not God's, you're one of mine,

G                       C
Say you're the weaver's bonney

C                   F            G
If you don't answer my questions nine,

C                    F   C
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

C                 F
I'll take you off to hell alive,

G                        C
and you are the weaver's bonny.

C              F        G
What is whiter than the milk,

C                    F   C
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

C                  F
and what is softer than the silk?

G                       C
Say you're the weaver's bonny.

C              F        G
Snow is whiter than the milk,

C                    F   C
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

C              F
Down is softer than the silk,

G                     C
And I am the weaver's bonny.

C              F      G
What is louder than a horn,

C                    F   C
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

C                   F
And what is sharper than the thorn?

G                       C
Say you're the weaver's bonny.

C                 F      G
Thunder is louder than a horn,

C                    F   C
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

C                F
Death is sharper than the thorn,

G                     C
And I am the weaver's bonny.

C              F      G
What is higher than a tree,

C                    F   C
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

C                  F
And what is deeper than the sea?

G                       C
Say you're the weaver's bonny.

C                F      G
Heaven is higher than a tree,

C                    F   C
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

C                  F
And hell is deeper than the sea,

G
And I am the weaver's bonny.

C                     F       G
What's more innocent than a lamb,

C                    F   C
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

C                          F
And who can be meaner than woman can,

G                       C
Say you're the weaver's bonny.

C                      F      G
A babe's more innocent than a lamb,

C                    F   C
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

C                            F
The devil can be meaner than woman can,

G                     C
And I am the weaver's bonny.

C                       F         G
You have answered me my questions nine,

C                    F   C
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,

C                    F
So you are God's and none of mine,

G                        C
And you are the weaver's bonny.